We get an early price listing for Intel's Ivy Bridge processors, and compared them to similar current generation Sandy Bridge processors.
We first got details on the specifications for Intel's Ivy Bridge processors in the early December. Today, we get an early price listing (based on 1K units) of the Ivy Bridge processors from CPU-World. Looking at the prices, the new Ivy Bridge processors will be at the same price points as the current generation Sandy Bridge processors that the upcoming platform is replacing.
Model | Cores (Threads) | Frequency | Turbo Frequency | L3 Cache | TDP | Price | Current CPU / Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Core i5-3450 | 4 (4) | 3.1 GHz | 3.5 GHz | 6 MB | 77 W | $184 | i5-2400 / $184 | |
Core i5-3450S | 4 (4) | 2.8 GHz | 3.5 GHz | 6 MB | 65 W | $184 | i5-2400S / $184 | |
Core i5-3470T | 2 (4) | 2.9 GHz | 3.6 GHz | 3 MB | 35 W | $184 | i5-2390T / $184 | |
Core i5-3550 | 4 (4) | 3.3 GHz | 3.7 GHz | 6 MB | 77 W | $205 | i5-2500 / $205 | |
Core i5-3550S | 4 (4) | 3.0 GHz | 3.7 GHz | 6 MB | 65 W | $205 | i5-2500S / $205 | |
Core i5-3750K | 4 (4) | 3.4 GHz | 3.8 GHz | 6 MB | 77 W | $225 | i5-2500K / $216 | |
Core i5-3750T | 4 (4) | 2.3 GHz | 3.3 GHz | 6 MB | 42 W | $205 | i5-2500T / $205 | |
Core i7-3770 | 4 (8) | 3.4 GHz | 3.9 GHz | 8 MB | 77 W | $294 | i7-2600 / $294 | |
Core i7-3770K | 4 (8) | 3.5 GHz | 3.9 GHz | 8 MB | 77 W | $332 | i7-2700K / $332 | |
Core i7-3770S | 4 (8) | 3.1 GHz | 3.9 GHz | 8 MB | 65 W | $294 | i7-2600S / $294 | |
Core i7-3770T | 4 (8) | 2.5 GHz | 3.7 GHz | 8 MB | 45 W | $294 | N/A | |
Based on the early performance seen with Ivy Bridge, the price point will make it an easier decision to make the jump to Ivy Bridge for a new build in April / May over current generation Sandy Bridge. What remains to be seen is whether or not Ivy Bridge performance will be enough for users to jump from a current gen Sandy Bridge to Ivy Bridge on a compatible motherboard.
New board not needed, P67 and Z68 support IB.
What I wonder is who the hell buys those "T" and "S" versions...
Insanely low.
Although.. Performance better be worth the price, because buying a new motherboard and CPU isn't cheap.
I'll guess the main upgrade is the lower power consumption and better IGP. Ofc I expect a ~15% increase in CPU performance, but that's about it, with a lower TDP they're not going to increase performance much.
I was also thinking that. Same architecture, same clock frequency ,whats new in it ? :S
die shrink
I bet we won't see a real boost in performance for the next 3-4 years now, just like back in the early P4 days.
New board not needed, P67 and Z68 support IB.
What I wonder is who the hell buys those "T" and "S" versions...
Intel may not have to, but their road map was set years ago and there was no way to know that AMD would fall behind so far in the mid-high end market. If you have an SB based system then I would agree that it may well not be worth the expence of upgrading your system but for anyone else I think it will be a good choice. Just as long as you don't have to lash out on new HDD's that is...
I for one will be building a new rig based around the i5 3750k, now I'll sit back and see what happens with the GPU market...
It has a different name...and don't forget the die shrink, so its basically the same thing, only a bit more effective
/Will be getting the i7-3770K.
maybe Haswell will be the one top make me upgrade from an i5-760 @ 3.52GHz and SLi GTX 460 HAWKS.
I passed over SB and now it seems Ivy too.
reports say that in gaming only circumstances moving up from Nehalem is not worth it right now.
For whoever asked what the T and S modles are for: these are for special nitche markets, like workstation laptops, or specific use applications like kiosk setups and other things where they have a constrained power budget, but still need features like added cores, a larger cache, or hyper-threading. Most people would not want/need one.
They should have had a different name scheme with SB-E to make things less confusing. SB-E should have stuck in the 2xxx range for processor numbers, and left the 3xxx for IB chips. Sure the SB-E will be faster, but the IB and later IB-E chips are rather a different monster.
Cant wait for official reviews!