News - Intel sneaks out the Core i5 680

[HEXUS]

The new, top-end, Core i5 looks like Intel?s fastest dual-core processor yet.

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[kalniel]

Price-wise, at $294 (within a batch of a thousand) it costs ten dollars more than the CPU it replaces at the top of the Core i5 pile - the 3.46 GHz 670. Just to remind you, there is a higher numbered Core i5 - the 750 - but this is an anomalous 45nm, 4-core, 4-thread 2.66 GHz part costing $196.

Intel's model numbering is as clear as mud!

[Percy1983]

I have been confussed with the i5s, are they dual or quad? HT or no HT?

[HW_90]

I have been confussed with the i5s, are they dual or quad? HT or no HT?

i3 means 2 cores, 4 threads

i5 means 4 threads, can be 4 cores, 4 threads, or 2 cores, 4 threads.

i7 means 8 threads and above

[Komi]

What about the i9s?