What is the difference between an intel i5 and an intel i7?
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There are 4 classes of “i” chips, the i3, i5, i7, and i9.
the main difference is the amount of “threads” and “cores”
a Core is the brain part of the CPU.
a thread is like the two halves of a the brain.
when the CPU is told to do a thing, that thing is split into two “threads” one going down one half of the Core, and the other going down the other half of the core.
an i7 has more cores, usually 4 (depending on the specific i7) and each core can split a thing into two halves.
Therefore the higher number, the more the CPU can do at once, and faster the computer. USUALLY. There are things called Clock speeds that come into play, the clock speed is how fast the Cores can do the thing they are told to do.
Think of it like a river. 1 river = 1 core. Just like a river can be split up, a CPU can be split up.
The clock speed is how fast the river is flowing. A fast moving stream moves a lot of water, but a wider river moves more, even if its going slower.
Hope that makes sense. =D
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