Intel Core i7 Specifications

Intel Core i7, also known earlier as Core 3, refers to the upcoming range of consumer class quad-core cpus based on the Nahalem marchitecture, replacing the Core 2 series.

These processor will bring the new & improved Hyper-Threading Technology as seen in the Pentium-4 days, thus allowing the quad-cores to work on up to 8 threads simultaneously.

	Core i7 920	Core i7 940	Core i7 EE 965
Process	45nm	45nm	45nm
Codename	Bloomfield	Bloomfield	Bloomfield
Transistors	731 million	731 million	731 million
Socket	LGA1366	LGA1366	LGA1366
Core (Threads)	4 (8)	4 (8)	4 (8)
Clock Speed	2.66 GHz	2.93 GHz	3.2 GHz
L2 Cache	4x 256KB	4x 256KB	4x 256KB
L3 Cache	8 MB shared	8 MB shared	8 MB shared
QPI	4.8 GT/s	4.8 GT/s	6.4 GT/s
Memory Controller	DDR3-800/1066, Triple Ch	DDR3-800/1066, Triple Ch	DDR3-800/1066, Triple Ch
TDP	130W	130W	130W
Price (1000-unit)	$284~367	$562~720	$999~1412

Also see Intel News Release


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