Intel Launches Sandy Bridge Processors
By Cássio Lima on January 3, 2011 - 3:11 PM

Sooner than expected, as the launch was originally scheduled for January 5th, Intel has officially introduced their first CPUs based on their newest Sandy Bridge microarchitecture. We’ve already written an article explaining the main features of the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture.

These new CPUs are officially known now as "Second Generation Core i3/Core i5/Core i7".

The new chips are built in 32-nm process, feature Turbo Boost 2.0 technology and Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) instruction set, and use a new socket with 1155 pins. The north bridge (memory controller, graphics controller and PCI Express controller) is now integrated in the same die as the rest of the CPU.

In the tables below you can see the models launched and their main specs, including prices.

Desktop

Model

Internal Clock

Turbo Clock

Cores

L3 Cache

TDP

HyperThreading

Price (1,000 units)

Core i7-2600K

3.4 GHz

3.8 GHz

4

8 MB

95 W

Yes

USD 317

Core i7-2600S

2.8 GHz

3.8 GHz

4

8 MB

65 W

Yes

-

Core i7-2600

3.4 GHz

3.8 GHz

4

8 MB

95 W

Yes

USD 294

Core i5-2500K

3.3 GHz

3.7 GHz

4

6 MB

95 W

No

USD 216

Core i5-2500S

2.7 GHz

3.7 GHz

4

6 MB

65 W

No

-

Core i5-2500T

2.3 GHz

3.3 GHz

4

6 MB

45 W

No

-

Core i5-2500

3.3 GHz

3.7 GHz

4

6 MB

95 W

No

USD 205

Core i5-2400S

2.5 GHz

3.3 GHz

4

6 MB

65 W

No

-

Core i5-2400

3.1 GHz

3.4 GHz

4

6 MB

95 W

No

USD 184

Core i5-2300

2.8 GHz

3.1 GHz

4

6 MB

95 W

No

USD 177

Core i5-2390T

2.7 GHz

3.5 GHz

2

3 MB

35 W

Yes

-

Core i3-2120

3.3 GHz

-

2

3 MB

65 W

Yes

USD 138

Core i3-2100T

2.5 GHz

-

2

3 MB

35 W

Yes

-

Core i3-2100

2.93 GHz

-

2

3 MB

65 W

Yes

USD 117

Mobile

Model

Internal Clock

Turbo Clock

Cores

L3 Cache

TDP

HyperThreading?

Price (1,000 units)

Core i7-2920XM

2.5 GHz

3.5 GHz

4

8 MB

55 W

Yes

USD 1,096

Core i7-2820QM

2.3 GHz

3.4 GHz

4

8 MB

45 W

Yes

USD 568

Core i7-2720QM

2.2 GHz

3.3 GHz

4

6 MB

45 W

Yes

USD 378

Core i7-2620M

2.7 GHz

3.4 GHz

2

4 MB

35 W

Yes

USD 346

Core i7-2635QM

2 GHz

2.9 GHz

4

6 MB

45 W

Yes

-

Core i7-2630QM

2 GHz

2.9 GHz

4

6 MB

45 W

Yes

-

Core i7-2649M

2.3 GHz

3.2 GHz

2

4 MB

25 W

Yes

USD 346

Core i7-2629M

2.1 GHz

3 GHz

2

4 MB

25 W

Yes

USD 311

Core i7-2657M

1.6 GHz

2.7 GHz

2

4 MB

17 W

Yes

USD 317

Core i7-2617M

1.5 GHz

2.6 GHz

2

4 MB

17 W

Yes

USD 289

Core i5-2540M

2.6 GHz

3.3 GHz

2

3 MB

35 W

Yes

USD 266

Core i5-2520M

2.5 GHz

3.2 GHz

2

3 MB

35 W

Yes

USD 225

Core i5-2410M

2.3 GHz

2.9 GHz

2

3 MB

35 W

Yes

-

Core i5-2537M

1.4 GHz

2.3 GHz

2

3 MB

17 W

Yes

USD 250

Core i3-2310M

2.1 GHz

-

2

3 MB

35 W

Yes

-

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