Quad core comes after dual core. Although Intel has a new range called i3, i5 and i7.
Core 2 duo is dual core. And before that was core duo which was dual core too...
There are Celeron dual core processors today. However, just because you have Celeron processor, it does not mean your Celeron processor is a dual core processor. The easiest way to tell is to look at the Intel sticker on your computer. If it says "Dual Core," then it is dual core. If it does NOT say "Dual Core," then it is not dual core.
The Intel Pentium D, Core Duos (and Solos), Core 2 Duos (and Quads), Pentium Dual-Cores, and the Core i7.
difference between dual core and core i3
sempron is not a dual core processor.
Dual core represents two processors in a single system.Speed will be more in dual core systems.
quad core has 4 cores a dual core has 2 cores
Dual core. Since it is dual core, it can do 2 processes at once, making it similar to a 4GHz single core
Pentium Dual-Core was created in 2006.
dual core
Dual core 2 is the 2nd version of the dual core processor and quad core is obviously 4 cores in a processor.
Dual-core processors were released to the general public in 2005 by both AMD and Intel. Quad-core processors were released two years later in 2007. Hexi-core (6) came out in 2010. There are currently 8 and 16 core processors available for servers, although home PC Octa-cores are not available.