We will discuss these generations in detail below.Ĭlick on the image below to open a visual timeline of Intel processor generations: The difference in processor micro-architecture is the main difference in processor generations. The concept of generations mainly comes after the release of the Core i series.

Pentium M and Celeron M for mobile devices.

Let me list down all the major processor models released by Intel. I will write another article about these later as it requires a lot of discussions. These are models or brands of processors from Intel. The misconceptionįirst of all, many people think that Core i3, i5, and i7 are the processor generations.

After researching a lot, I have enough knowledge that I can write and document the differences which I have found in this article. To my astonishment, there was no complete guide available which could tell clearly about the Intel processor generations and their differences. So I came home and wanted to know about the philosophy of processor generations on the Internet. I asked the person the difference between first-generation and the fourth generation but he was unable to answer properly, saying that the fourth generation was faster than the 1st, 2nd and 3rd generations. The last time when I went to the computer shop to inquire about the latest prices of laptops, I was told that the new laptop had the Intel fourth-generation processor.

4th generation core i5