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Core i5-680 3.6GHz Review

Core i5 is a brand name used by Intel for several microprocessors, the first of which were introduced in late 2009. It is positioned between the mainstream Core i3 & Core 2 and the high-end Core i7 & Xeon brands.
Core i5, like Core i7, is based on the Nehalem microarchitecture. The first Core i5 was introduced on September 8, 2009 and is a mainstream variant of the Core i7, initially only quad-core desktop processors based on Lynnfield, with dual-core mobile (Arrandale) and desktop processors (Clarkdale) following in 2010.
On September 8, 2009, Intel released the first Core i5 processor: The Core i5 750,[1] which is a 2.66 GHz quad-core Lynnfield processor with Hyper-threading disabled. Lynnfield Core i5 processors have an 8 MB L3 cache, a DMI bus running at 2.5 GT/s and support for dual-channel DDR3-800/1066/1333 memory.
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Core i5-680 3.6GHz Performance Specification

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3.6 GHz

2 cores

Clarkdale

73W

32nm

LGA 1156/Socket H

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hamza195

12:23 May-03-2013

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This CPU should be better than mine , why my CPU is 15% better please correct this.

debat0r

13:09 May-03-2013

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It is correct, this is an older series than your i3. This one is 3 years old :)

abhinavcorps125

05:56 Apr-20-2013

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my cpu 44% better :-D

SauceBoss

12:38 Sep-02-2011

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its very true.. you can see that by the noumber of socket tpes they got..

the 1366, 1156, 1155, 775 etc

and its all just to get more money ,

unlike amd which sells there high end proccesors at the same price as intel lowest end proccesor and even there best and new Bulldozer series that will come out this year can use a socket that is almost 6 years old(the am2+ socket which can be used on a am3 CPUs) and thats just user friendly

SauceBoss

10:55 Sep-02-2011

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or you can go amd:)

Mark

23:44 Sep-01-2011

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@reaper15058832: because people still buy enough processors with the given prices, companies make so much profit with these things.... We pay executives for their longlasting, luxury summer vacations! Arghh! They can still do enough with less earnings :/

The_ReApEr_ZA

21:05 Sep-01-2011

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