Over the past two weeks, we have learned about the upcoming Ivy Bridge processors and its "S" & "T" versions. Thanks to another leak, posted by VR-Zone, we now get to see a little about the upcoming Ivy Bridge mobile platform. The M-series will come with 35W, 45W, and 55W TDP. The U-Series will come with a 17W TDP. This is a change from the current Sandy Bridge mobile line up that offered three levels; SV - 35W, 45W & 55W, LV - 25W and ULV - 17W.
M-Series Processors:
Looking into the mobile CPU lineup, the flagship Ivy Bridge mobile CPU is the Core i7-3920XM. It has 4-cores (8-threads), clocked at 2.90 GHz with Max Turbo of 3.80 GHz (single-core), and Intel's HD Graphics 4000. The other quad-core CPUs are the Core i7-3820QM and Core i7-3720QM, which have 4-cores (8-threads). The Core i7-3820QM is clocked at 2.70 GHz, while the Core i7-3720QM is clocked at 2.60 GHz. These show a 400 MHz increase in clock speeds over the initially released Sandy Bridge counter-parts.
The rest of the M-Series lineup includes a dual-core Core i7-3520M, which is clocked at 2.90 GHz and two i5 dual-core models. The Core i5-3360M is clocked at 2.80 GHz, while the Core i5-3320M is clocked at 2.60 GHz. All the M-Series processors utilize Intel's HD Graphics 4000, SIPP 2012, vPro 2012, VT-d, TXT, AES-NI, and support DDR3 memory speeds of 1600MHz. It is interesting to see that all the mobile processors have a higher max graphics clocks versus their desktop equivalents (1300 vs 1150).
U-Series Processors:
The U-Series lineup will include two CPUs, the Core i7-3667U and Core i5-3427U. The Core i7-3667U has 2-cores (4 threads) and clocked at 2.00 GHz with Max Turbo of 3.20 GHz (single-core). The Core i5-3427U has has 2-cores (4 threads) and clocked at 1.80 GHz with Max Turbo of 2.80 GHz (single-core). All the U-Series processors utilize Intel's HD Graphics 4000, SIPP 2012, vPro 2012, VT-d, TXT, AES-NI, and support DDR3 memory speeds of 1600MHz.
