Core i3: how many cores?

Now there is a large number of processorsdifferent firms and configurations, architectures, and really you can get confused in their characteristics. On the forums, the frequently asked question is: Core i3 how many cores does it have? Many answer that 3. And this is completely wrong, because Intel Core i3 has two cores that function on x64 and x86 platforms.

As for this family of Intel processorsCore i3, then Intel releases them as stationary devices - the number of cores here is 2, and on mobile devices, the number of cores is also 2, not three, as many think. It should be noted that Intel Core i3 was released, relatively, long ago - in 2010, and is considered a pretty reliable and high-quality successor to all the known Pentium.