Confused...

[AaronDunphy]

I have an intel i5 650 3.20 GHz
which is dual core...
so why is this telling me i have quad cores?

 

[johnb35]

Maybe because it has 4 threads?

http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=43546

BTW, Speedfan isn't highly recommended anymore, I believe coretemp is recommended to use.

 

[FairDoos]

I dont really find SpeedFan that nice tbh i mostly use HWMonitor & CPU-Z they make a great team

 

[ScottALot]

You have HT (Hyper-Threading) which uses one core to simulate 2 threads for better performance in most situations...

i3 - Dual Core (without HT, right?)
i5 - Dual Core with HT = 4 threads
i7 - Quad Core with HT = 8 threads
i7 980X - Six-Core with HT = 12 threads

 

[Okedokey]

read here: http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=43546

number of cores = 2

number of threads = 4