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Sandy Bridge · Intel
This CPU was so much faster than Nehalem, and Intel progress were to slow down for the next-decade
so much so that people who bought this CPU made the purchase-of-the-decade !
Meaning buying one computer and no need to upgrade for a decade, because it's performance was still adequate for tasks a decade later in 2021 !
This was unheard of for people in the 90's,
when people were getting +300% performance boost was common every 3-4 years !
2 result(s) recorded for this family.
Flagship: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz
ST score/GHz: 599 · MT score/Watt: 117
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Introduced | Feb, 2011 |
| Arch Generation | 10 |
| Core Generation | 2 |
| Architecture / Codename | Sandy Bridge |
| Cores / Threads | 4/8 |
| Technology Node | 32 nm |
| Die Size | 216 mm² |
| Transistors | 1.16 billion |
| Frequency | 3400-3800 MHz |
| Instructions | (64 KB/core) (32 KB + 32 KB) |
| TDP | 95 Watts |
| Socket | Socket 1155 |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB / core |
| Cache L3 | 8 MB (2MB per core, shared) |
| Memory Type | DDR3 SDRAM |
| Memory Bandwidth | 21 GB/s |
| Memory Size Typical | 8-16 GB |
| Memory Size Max | 32 GB |