Intel first announced the retirement of the {{intel|Core 2}} in mid-2009, but the Core i3 was not officially launched until January 04, 2010. Core i3 microprocessors are considered performance processors, but generally sit on the low side of the scale. They sit below the {{intel|Core i5}} and well below the {{intel|Core i7}} families, making it fairly decent for multitasking and somewhat OK budget gaming.

All Core i3 processors up to Coffee Lake are dual-core.

{{main|intel/microarchitectures/westmere|l1=Westmere Microarchitecture}}[[File:core i3 logo (2009).png|right|150px]]

 

 

 

 

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2nd Generation mobile Core i3 processors were based on {{intel|Sandy Bridge|l=arch}}, an entirely new microarchitecture that provided higher performance at higher power efficiency along with {{intel|sandy bridge (client) #Key_changes_from_Westmere|many other improvements and changes|l=arch}}. Those new models also integrate a higher performance GPU onto the same [[die]] as the [[microprocessor]] as well as introduced a new [[SIMD]] {{x86|AVX}} instruction set {{x86|extension}} as well as a number of new technologies. It's also worth pointing out that the ulta-low voltage models are now 1 watt of [[TDP]] less than previous generation while having higher clock speed. All Core i3 has the following features in common:

 

 

 

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{{main|intel/microarchitectures/skylake_(client)|l1=Skylake Microarchitecture}}[[File:core i3 logo (2015).png|right|150px]]

==== Desktop ====

 

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<tr class="comptable-header"><th>&nbsp;</th><th colspan="12">List of Skylake-based Core i3 Desktop Processors</th></tr>

<tr class="comptable-header"><th>&nbsp;</th><th colspan="8">Main processor</th><th colspan="3">IGP</th></tr>

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<tr class="comptable-header"><th>&nbsp;</th><th colspan="12">List of Skylake-based Core i3 Mobile Processors</th></tr>

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{{main|intel/microarchitectures/kaby lake|l1=Kaby Lake Microarchitecture}}[[File:7th Gen Core-i3-badge.png|right|150px]]

 

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<tr class="comptable-header"><th>&nbsp;</th><th colspan="19">List of Kaby Lake-based Core i3 Desktop Processors</th></tr>

<tr class="comptable-header"><th>&nbsp;</th><th colspan="8">Main processor</th><th colspan="3">IGP</th><th colspan="7">Features</th></tr>

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<tr class="comptable-header"><th>&nbsp;</th><th colspan="12">List of Kaby Lake-based Core i3 Mobile Processors</th></tr>

<tr class="comptable-header"><th>&nbsp;</th><th colspan="9">Main processor</th><th colspan="3">IGP</th></tr>

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{{intel|Coffee Lake|l=arch}}-based Core i3s were introduced in late 2017 with a number of high-end SKUs. A larger number of SKUs were introduced in April 2018. Although they still use standard {{intel|LGA-1151|Socket LGA-1151}}, those parts are no longer backwards compatible with earlier 100/200-series [[chipsets]] and must be paired with an appropriate {{intel|300-series chipset}}. A significant configuration change has taken place with the introduction of Coffee Lake including bumping the core count for the Core i3s from [[2 cores]] to [[4 cores|4]] and doubling the [[L3 cache]] which has signficantly increased the performance of those parts over the prior generation. Note that with the doubling of the core, Intel has dropped {{intel|hyper-threading}} support from those models. All models have the following features in common:

 

 

 

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