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title: "What is EF Core, and how is it different from Entity Framework (EF6)?"  
description: "What is EF Core, and how is it different from Entity Framework (EF6)?"  
author: "Ravi Vishwakarma"  
published: 2025-03-26  
updated: 2025-03-27  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/161362/what-is-ef-core-and-how-is-it-different-from-entity-framework-ef6  
category: "asp.net core"  
tags: ["asp.net core", ".net core"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is EF Core, and how is it different from Entity Framework (EF6)?

What is [EF Core](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160211/how-to-handle-database-migrations-and-schema-changes-in-a-dot-net-core-api-using-ef-core), and how is it different from [Entity Framework](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1566/crud-operations-using-entity-framework-code-first-approach) (EF6)?


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