Core 2 quad?

[justinm91]

Curiou since I've never heard of core 2 quad core... how does it compare to i5 or i7? If you need a link to some I was looking at (quite confusedly) here are some at the bottom.

The thing that confuses me the most is that I thought core 2 was only dual cores.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115057

 

[obsidian86]

lol the core 2 quads been round for ages starting with the q6xxx series all core 2 with the Q in front is a quad core the i5 and i7 replaced the core 2 quads the i3 will replace core 2 duo's