Intel Core i5 Performance

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CHIPHELL

[Metroid]

Nice. It looks like The performance is similar to I7.

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

is this the one that's locked so there is no overclocking??

[Vozer]

Wow, Lynnfield is Intel Core i5!

I guess Havendale will be Core i3 then.

[Mumak]

Can u run latest beta of HWiNFO32 (http://www.hwinfo.com) there? It should already fully support this platform.

[Glow9]

how do these perform compared to last gen? I'm kinda curious if they are even worth it besides the OC potential.

[BulldogPO]

Is there OC potential if thy are locked?

[kl0012]

Seems like all that FUD about "locked overclocking" starts again. I don't get it - how can CPU lock clock generator which is an external chip placed on motherboard.

[renzokuken]

Would be awesome to have an i7/i5 comparison benchmark

[R101]

Who wants to bet against i9 being the 8-core/16-thread version?

[WhiteFireDragon]

wow first time i've seen i5. is it same tech as i7, except only 4 threads?

[Blauhung]

wow first time i've seen i5. is it same tech as i7, except only 4 threads?

The die is also physically different then Nehalem (Bloomfield/Gainstown). Slightly different memory controller with the 2 channels, and QPI is removed and replaced with the PCIe controller. Die is approximately the same size.

Graphics aint latency dependent. It wouldnt be that much of a change either in latency due to the already far traces I guess. So honestly I would say 0 difference.

Well not just shorter traces, but 1 fewer hop as all the data is sent from the die directly to the card. But still I agree with you on the fact that any difference should be well within the error.

Blauhung did substantiate the Lynnfield OC woes rumors somewhat, so who knows. If it turns out it does overclock it should be a great buy, triple channel is quite pointless. PCI-E on-die is also way cool.

It's still all about finding a lever to push up a reference frequency.

[saveus222]

my e4600 does 1m in 18 seconds.. does that mean its faster than this processor ? curious and clueless

[Vinas]

my e4600 does 1m in 18 seconds.. does that mean its faster than this processor ? curious and clueless

Yes and no. You're running at 2.4GHz stock and this CPU is 2.13GHz so clock for clock your CPU is probably still a bit slower. Also the i5 has 4 cores (via hyperthreading) where you only have 2.

[Shintai]

Yes and no. You're running at 2.4GHz stock and this CPU is 2.13GHz so clock for clock your CPU is probably still a bit slower. Also the i5 has 4 cores (via hyperthreading) where you only have 2.

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[kiwi]

Intel is smart, sell as much i7 as possible till Q3 2009 and only then release i5 If you crave nehalem no point waiting really. I highly doubt i5 will have much higher clocks, if it did then it would be worth

[Shintai]

Intel is smart, sell as much i7 as possible till Q3 2009 and only then release i5 If you crave nehalem no point waiting really. I highly doubt i5 will have much higher clocks, if it did then it would be worth

The point of i5 is basicly price and size. I think mATX will be the new norm with i5. Plus the boards gonna be very cheap as you can also imagine from the prototype one. However it does restrict abit as in 2 x8 or 1 x16 only. But we can just aswell get used to that.

[th3pwn3r]

Intel is smart, sell as much i7 as possible till Q3 2009 and only then release i5 If you crave nehalem no point waiting really. I highly doubt i5 will have much higher clocks, if it did then it would be worth

The only point in waiting is for revisions and bug fixes. Also as time passes the prices always seem to go down as well Sometimes waiting is a good idea if you don't absolutely NEED a new setup. If you can do what you need to with your current rig there's really no need to step it up.

[m^2]

Intel is smart, sell as much i7 as possible till Q3 2009 and only then release i5 If you crave nehalem no point waiting really. I highly doubt i5 will have much higher clocks, if it did then it would be worth

Here they probably only sold Phenom 2 this way.
Q3 is late.

[Ming@s]

i7 - i5

[Meta|Gear]

would it be wise to hold out buying Q9xxx and a P45 motherboard till i5 comes out or should i just go for it

[Vinas]

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Opps! Yes 4 cores, 8 threads, thanks for pointing that out!

[saveus222]

Yes and no. You're running at 2.4GHz stock and this CPU is 2.13GHz so clock for clock your CPU is probably still a bit slower. Also the i5 has 4 cores (via hyperthreading) where you only have 2.

interesting.. so is there any specific reason one would ditch the e4600 and get the corei5 ? i mean what are the improvements. ??

[TheKarmakazi]

Good to know whats on the horizon, but i5 seems less like an upgrade than i7 does.

interesting.. so is there any specific reason one would ditch the e4600 and get the corei5 ? i mean what are the improvements. ??

Plenty... its all depends on the enduser though. Do you need 4 cores? Do you render/encode video, etc etc. Not to mention clock per clock it is more powerful and more efficient.

[RPGWiZaRD]

So it's i5, I wonder why it's not i6 though, higher is better for marketing unless there's space left between for future (lowend die shrinked chip for instance). I have no problem with it being dual channel, makes it easier for me to pick RAM => 2x2GB. So what are the planned SKU's for i5 you think, what will be the highest clocked part at launch? 3GHz? Don't tell me all will be so low clocked like this ES here. I want at least a 3.8GHz clock to satisfy from upgrading from a C2D CPU and I don't expect these low clocked SKUs like this ES to reach that (on air 24/7 stable).