Intel Adds Seven New Sandy Bridge Processors
Intel has quietly added seven new Sandy Bridge processors in the i5 and Celeron M series.
The i5-2550K with four cores and 3.4 GHz clock speed replaces the i5-2500K as the i5 flagship product and sells for a tray price of $225, while the 2500K remains at $216.
There are two new "P" processors in the lineup - the i5-2450P (quad-core, 3.2 GHz) and the i5-2380P (quad-core, 3.1 GHz). It is already challenging for the average PC buyer to read and interpret Intel's model numbers. The "P" has, of course, a cryptic meaning: These Sandy Bridges do not have a (functional) graphics core. Compared to their counterparts with graphics support, the P processors are slightly cheaper: The i5-2380P sells for $177, which is $7 less than the i5-2400 (quad-core, 3.1 GHz). The i5-2450P lists for $195, $10 less than the i5-2500 (quad-core, 3.3 GHz).
Also included in the refresh are the Celeron M B815 (dual-core, 1.6 GHz, $86) and B720 (single-core, 1.7 GHz, $70) as well as the Celeron M ULV 867 (dual-core, 1.3 GHz, $134) and 797 (single-core, 1.4 GHz, $107).
Should be interesting to see how much better the i5-2550k is compared to the i5-2500k.
Should be interesting to see how much better the i5-2550k is compared to the i5-2500k.
Sold as cheap dedicated servers mostly.
The 2550K doesn't have functional graphics.
Reading comprehension fail. The models that end in "P" don't have functional graphics. The 2550K is essentially a 2500k with .1 more Ghz.
O.o Why?!?!?!
Barracuda Networks. They use crappy processors like this to limit the ability of their low end boxes.
Bitcoin miners. They require no CPU power. I run 3 systems with AMD Sempron single core 2.6 ghz, downclocked to 1.8.
3.40 GHz
6 MB
3.80 GHz
i5-2450P2
3.20 GHz
6 MB
3.50 GHz
i5-2380P2
3.10 GHz
6 MB
3.40Hz
THIS IS FROM INTEL
On another note, I wonder if you can unlock the graphic core through the motherboard bios just like how it is possible to unlock the extra cores on AMD X2 and X3 cpus