Whats the difference between quad and i5 CPU?

[Christof_05]

Please respond to me

 

[kennyparker1337]

Posting the same question multiple times (in different threads) is frowned apon.

 

[jsc]

All i5's are quads, but not all quads are i5's.

 

[MarkG]

All i5's are quads, but not all quads are i5's.

Not exactly. Some i5s are quads, others are dual with hyperthreading.

 

[loneninja]

All i5's are quads, but not all quads are i5's.

Most I5's are actually dual cores, nothing more than I3 with turbo mode and higher clock speeds. I5 6XX series are dual core, I5 7XX are quad core.