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Dave DAvis

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So Why i3 1st gen is a thing if quad core is much more stronger than it .
as long as it has 4 core.

or is it just good at gaming?


 
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photonboy

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You've given very little information to respond to.

A good i3 with hyperthreading can be faster than a quad-core without it but we'd have to know the EXACT CPU's.

It also depends on what games as some games can use more cores than other games.

It also doesn't matter if neither CPU is the bottleneck if a game is limited by a weak graphics chip.
 
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Martell1977

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There were many improvements made between the C2Q and 1st gen Core generation, the newer is much more efficient. Plus, if you are talking about a comparison between like a Q9650 vs an i3, they are not direct competitors. You have to compare similar price points, and in doing so you will find that the i3 will beat it's C2D or C2Q competition handily.

Plus, none of the C2D or C2Q CPU's had hyper-threading, that I can recall, which changes a lot. There were no 4c/8t CPU's until Core gen 1.
 
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