Its time for Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad to rest.... alot. Intel announcing Intel Core series desktop and mobile processors based on Nahalem architecture. Only the Core i7 is allowed to run in a LGA-1366 socket, however there will be LGA-1156 i7, i5 and i3CPUs.
The LGA-1156 Core i7s will be the 8xx series, while the LGA-1366 i7s will be the 9xx series. The i5s will be the 6xx series and the i3s will be the 5xx series.
Desktop Processor | Cores | Threads | Turbo |
Intel Core i7 | 4 | 8 | Yes |
Intel Core i5 | 2 or 4 | 4 | Yes |
Intel Core i3 | 2 or 4 | 4 | No |
Mobile Processor | Cores | Threads | Turbo |
Intel Core i7 | 2 or 4 | 4 or 8 | Yes |
Intel Core i5 | 2 or 4 | 4 | Yes |
Intel Core i3 | 2 or 4 | 4 | No |
Desktop Processor | Clock Speed | Max Turbo (# of Cores Active) | |||
4C | 3C | 2C | 1C | ||
Intel Core i7 870 | 2.93GHz | 3.20GHz | 3.20GHz | 3.46GHz | 3.60GHz |
Intel Core i7 870, with two cores active, this thing will turbo up to 3.46GHz maximizing performance in games and other apps that have difficulty using more than 2 threads.
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