What is the difference between ASP.NET Core vs .NET Runtime images

[DizzyDeveloper]

Hi,
Can someone explain to me the difference between these two docker images, and why I might grab one over the other. Particularly from .NET 5 era onwards.

https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-dotnet-runtime/

https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-dotnet-aspnet/

My guess is that the aspnet core runtime images contains the same as the dotnet runtime images with the addition of the additional asp net web related libraries? So if in doubt use the asp net runtimes?
What is making it a little confusing for me is that with advent of the .NET 5 runtimes the Core suffix was dropped so I wasn't expecting to find .NET 5 docker images under the asp net core runtimes page. Not saying it shouldn't be there just want a bit more context and distinction :)

[omajid]

For the "Core" part of the ASP.NET Core name, see this doc

ASP.NET Core 5.0 is based on .NET 5 but retains the name "Core" to avoid confusing it with ASP.NET MVC 5. Likewise, Entity Framework Core 5.0 retains the name "Core" to avoid confusing it with Entity Framework 5 and 6.

[richlander]

The runtime image contains the .NET runtime and libraries. Think List<T>. The ASP.NET Core image depends on the runtime image and includes ASP.NET Core. This is one of the Dockerfile files for ASP.NET Core. It answers your question: https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/blob/main/src/aspnet/6.0/jammy/amd64/Dockerfile.