Intel Core 3 (previously Core i3) Intel has rebranded its Core i3 (and i5 and i7) line-up, ditching the iconic 'i' it's used for 16 years. It doesn’t change our advice, though. These chips are good ...

Back in 2006, Intel introduced the world to its Intel Core processors with the Intel Core 2 Duo. Eventually, this branding split into multiple tiers, which included the i3, i5, i7, and i9.

To simplify the company’s branding, Intel is removing the “i” from the i3, i5, i7, and i9 tiers for its Core chips, a move Intel previously hinted at last month.

So where there were Intel i3/i5/i7/i9 CPUs, they will now keep those numbers, but omit the letters. Think of AMD Ryzen 5/7/9, for example. So now, with the Meteor Lake CPUs, we have Intel Core 3/5/7.

Intel is officially killing off the “i” in “Core i9,” “Core i7,” “Core i5,” and “Core i3” — and it won’t broadly refer to its next series of processors as “14th Gen ...

Starting with the new Meteor Lake generation of processors, the company is moving from its traditional "i3/i5/i7/i9" branding to a simpler "Core 3/5/7/9" concept.

Intel CPU Names, Explained. ... So, a Core 7 250H is from the second generation (250H starts with 2). For the Core i3, i5, i7, and i9, ... For Mac computers with Intel processors from 2020 or ...

Though Intel does promise to keep the generation of a chip noted in the codename, i.e. 'Core 9 15900K'. This might help prevent confusion with what's currently a bit of an issue in Intel's multi ...

The i3, i5, i7 and i9 names have all been hallmarks of Intel Core chip branding. But it looks the company is preparing to ditch the decade-old naming scheme for something new. Last week, an Intel ...

Intel: We Want to See More 'Core' The revamp also aims to emphasize the "Core" in the Intel Core name, seeing as, according to the company, the i3/i5/i7/i9 schema and the 12th Gen and 13th Gen ...