Workstation Processors
Intel Core i5-3330 77w Quad Core Benchmarks and Review
Recently, the Intel Core i5-3330 was launched as the entry point to the desktop Core i5 series. Intel’s Core i5 chips are considered Intel’s mid-range mainstream offering. Realistically, the Intel Core i5-3330 at ar...
Intel Core i5-3470 77w Quad Core CPU Benchmarks and Review
At the initial Ivy Bridge launch in Q2 2012, Intel released both the Intel Core i5-3470 and Core i5-3450. The latter model suffered a 100MHz clock speed disadvantage over the Core i5-3470. Pricing was set very interestingly, bo...
Intel Core i3-3240 55w Dual Core CPU Benchmark and Review
Today we are looking at the Intel Core i3-3240. With Hyper-Threading, the Intel Core i3-3240 is a dual core four thread CPU. Cache is 3MB, much lower than quad core parts. At 3.4GHz is is quick, but a power user really wants t...
Intel Core i3-3220 55w Dual Core CPU Benchmark and Review
After months of waiting, September saw the release of the Intel Core i3-3220 and other Ivy Bridge based Core i3 and Pentium CPUs. This is significant in the marketplace because Intel sells an absolute ton of these CPUs both in ...
Intel Core i5-3450 Quad Core Benchmarks and Review
Today we are looking at the Intel Core i5-3450, which is a fairly fast Ivy Bridge CPU. Recently we looked at the Intel Core i7-3770 and found it to be an able performer. For those looking to save a few dollars, the Core i5-3450...
Intel Xeon Processor E5-1620 Sandy Bridge-EP Xeon Review 4C/8T 3.6GHz
Today we are looking at the Intel Xeon processor E5-1620 which is a really interesting alternative to the Intel Xeon E3-1200 series. With only 4 cores, 8 threads running at 3.6GHz base and 3.8GHz max turbo, and a relatively mun...
Intel Core i7-3770 Benchmarks, Review and Comparison to the i7-3770K
The Intel Core i7-3770 is perhaps one of the less glamorous CPUs Intel produces, especially compared to the i7-3770K, but why? It is still one of the fastest Ivy Bridge CPUs around, yet is eclipsed by the Core i7-3770K in cover...
Intel Core i7-3770K Review: Ivy Bridge Upgrade
Ivy Bridge is Intel’s 2012 successor to 2011′s Sandy Bridge platform. I think platform makes more sense at this point since the CPU now contains not just the compute cores, but also the GPU, PCIe controller and memo...
Intel Pentium G630 65w Dual Core CPU Benchmarks and Review
I have a fairly strong opinion that Intel’s LGA1155 platform has a stronger set of single processor server motherboards than AMD. I actually hope the new Socket AM3+ based Opteron 3000 series will change this in the near ...
AMD Zacate E-350 1.6GHz Fusion APU Brazos Benchmarks and Review
AMD’s Zacate E-350 is the culmination of the AMD-ATI merger’s synergy expectations. AMD rocked the press when it shared its vision of a unified CPU and GPU to attack at the heart of Intel’s GPU market dominanc...
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