Intel's cpu numbering

[Dimetime35c]

Okay why does intel skip the even numbers when they label a processor? Like you have core i3 i5 and i7 but no i4 i6 and i8s what's the deal??? Is there any specific reason or is it just how they decided to do it? Like does the 5 in the i5 represent something?

[RollinLower]

i don't think it has a specific reason. personally i like the sound of 'I5' much better than the sound of 'I8' tough.

 

EDIT: seems i was wrong

[Aytex]

i3

3-1=2

2 cores

 

i5 5-1=4

4 cores

 

i7 I-1=6

6 cores

 

 

illumaniniti

[Bittenfleax]

i3

3-1=2

2 cores

 

i5 5-1=4

4 cores

 

i7 I-1=6

6 cores

 

 

illumaniniti

Im pretty sure tha.... urmm... right. Okay  :wacko:

[ZetZet]

i3

3-1=2

2 cores

 

i5 5-1=4

4 cores

 

i7 I-1=6

6 cores

yeah ok mate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is no reason other than there were Core 2 and Core Quad cpu's before.

 

Intel switched to i naming scheme after other cores. I think they did that to avoid confusion at the time.

 

Core i3 was better than Core 2.

Core i5 was better than Core Quad.

[Khajiit Dealer]

i3

3-1=2

2 cores

 

i5 5-1=4

4 cores

 

i7 I-1=6

6 cores

 

 

illumaniniti

 

[ShadowCaptain]

for a start, to avoid the confusion with number of cores

[Arwanell]

i3

3-1=2

2 cores

 

i5 5-1=4

4 cores

 

i7 I-1=6

6 cores

 

 

illumaniniti

um, i think there are more 4 core i7's than the 6 core ones ...

[2FA]

i3

3-1=2

2 cores

 

i5 5-1=4

4 cores

 

i7 I-1=6

6 cores

 

 

illumaniniti

None of the original i7's were 6 cores so that theory is wrong.

[Aytex]

yeah ok mate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is no reason other than there were Core 2 and Core Quad cpu's before.

 

Intel switched to i naming scheme after other cores. I think they did that to avoid confusion at the time.

 

Core i3 was better than Core 2.

Core i5 was better than Core Quad.

 

 

None of the original i7's were 6 cores so that theory is wrong.

its a joke, chill....

[ZetZet]

its a joke, chill....

it's not funny Mr. Memer

[Aytex]

it's not funny Mr. Memer

cool

[don_svetlio]

i3 usually goes from *100 to *300
i5 usually goes from *400 to *600
i7 takes *700 and above

The other numbers are pretty much to place it based on clockspeed and iGPU

That only makes sense post-Haswell. Forget it

[The Official Czex]

i3: 2 cores w/ hyperthreading

 

i5: 4 cores w/o hyperthreading

 

i7 (non-2011-3): 4 cores w/ hyperthreading

 

i7 (2011-3): >4 cores w/ hyperthreading

[SpoonTV]

it's not funny Mr. Memer

 I actually found it quite amusing.