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Pentium dual core vs Intel core i5

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hafijur said:
i5 by a lot. There are 2 verisions of i5 one is 2 core with hyper threading which gives out another 2threads and of course the i5 quad core with just 4 cores. pentium dual core normally has less cache and is just 2 cores.



He is referring to the desktop version (an actual quad core CPU) and the laptop version (dual core only).

Either way, Intel's current Ivy Bridge Core i3/i5/i7 CPUs are more powerful than the Pentium Dual Core.

There still is a 2c 4t i5 desktop cpu. Anyway pentium dual cores are decent for basic tasks like watching hd tv, light video encoding, web browsing etc. If you want superfast performance i5 will be miles faster. Also depends on the specific model number.
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