iMac '27 inch i5/i7?

[ronaldcastillo]

I seen many posts between QC i5/i7 but still don't know what the differences are. Can anyone explain to me please? I really want to know.

[spinnerlys]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/171556/intels_new_core_i7_and_core_i5_processors_explained.html
http://www.brighthub.com/computing/hardware/articles/48391.aspx

i5: 4 cores, 4 threads.
i7: 4 cores, 8 threads (like 8 cores).

also: http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=core+i7+vs+i5&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 and http://www.google.com/cse?cx=011016119145480959114%3Akuv1aq0hily&ie=UTF-8&q=core+i7+vs+i5+site%3Aforums.macrumors.com&hl=en&as_qdr=all&meta= and http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=808195


and last but not least:

27-inch models only, one of the following:
2.66GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache; Turbo Boost dynamic performance up to 3.2GHz
2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache; Turbo Boost dynamic performance up to 3.46GHz; Hyper-Threading for up to eight virtual cores

via http://www.apple.com/imac/specs.html