Intel's Ivy Bridge CPU Prices to be Similar to Sandy Bridge
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 | TurboFrequency | L3Cache | TDP | Price | CurrentCPU / Price |
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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.
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joytech22 Look at those TDP's!Reply
Insanely low. :P
Although.. Performance better be worth the price, because buying a new motherboard and CPU isn't cheap. -
Zeh I don't think it's going to be such a huge performance increase over last gen as SB was. Intel doesn't even have to, since AMD is pretty much out of the game for at least a year.Reply
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. -
N.Broekhuijsen Hmm... succesor to the 2500K: i5-3750K looks like a sweet spot. Might just be upgrading to that from my old Phenom II 965. :)Reply -
Temp_Username I have my i7 2600 overclocked to 4.2ghz. I could push it further but don't want to kill it. No reason to upgrade for a marginal benefit.Reply -
hardcore_gamer target3How is this different to Sandy bridge?Reply
I was also thinking that. Same architecture, same clock frequency ,whats new in it ? :S -
g00fysmiley hardcore_gamerI was also thinking that. Same architecture, same clock frequency ,whats new in it ? :SReply
die shrink -
dgingeri not surprising. They have no competition, so they come up with a way to make them cheaper, then sell them to us for the same price at the same speeds, and make more profit.Reply
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. -
amk-aka-Phantom joytech22Look at those TDP's!Insanely low. Although.. Performance better be worth the price, because buying a new motherboard and CPU isn't cheap.Reply
New board not needed, P67 and Z68 support IB.
What I wonder is who the hell buys those "T" and "S" versions...