For a visibly smarter PC offering, add the 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor family to your product line-up.
Building with the 2nd generation Intel Core processor family lets you offer your customers a wider variety of better-enabled and more readily available capabilities, for home or office. You have the flexibility to add services, additional hardware that supports Intel® Wireless Display,1 and software upgrades that take advantage of the processor technologies and deliver a PC with the smart performance and visual experience your customers demand.
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Consumer desktop overview (PDF 5.68MB)
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Consumer mobile overview (PDF 5.35MB)
- Business overview (PDF 6.01MB)
Availability
For current product availability, contact your Intel® Authorized Distributor.
Why transition to the 2nd generation Intel Core processor family?
It makes business sense for a reseller:
- Platform flexibility enables multiple platform price points.
- Energy-efficient systems let you get creative with smaller form factors—an important sales opportunity.
- There’s performance headroom for managed service capabilities, graphics sell-up, and other sales opportunities.
It offers new technical capabilities:
- Incorporates CPU and GPU with new single-chip design, which improves performance while reducing latency.
- Includes additional feature capabilities used for software development, such as Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions, to offer greater high-end software performance.
- Great energy efficiency.
- Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.02 capabilities for both CPU and GPU enable higher performance when you need it.
A visibly smart choice:
- More security capabilities.
- Built-in visuals3 give your customers a better graphic experience.
Intel is here to help you sell with customizable, ready-made assets so you can build your own web pages and banners, promotions, and collateral around 2nd generation Intel Core processors.
Desktop
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7 desktop processor
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i5 desktop processor
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i3 desktop processor
2nd generation Intel® Core™ vPro™ processors
Unlocked processors
Mobile
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7 mobile processor
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i5 mobile processor
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i3 mobile processor
Specifications
Compare features of all the processors
Desktop compatibility matrix (PDF 100KB)
Guidance
Desktop transition guidance (PDF 297KB)
Mobile transition guidance (PDF 4.01MB)
Use sample copy, badges, product photography, and ready-made ad templates in a wide range of marketing materials including advertising, online marketing, and collaterals to communicate the groundbreaking performance and value of Intel® processors and technology.
Intel sample copy for consumer clients (PDF 7.77MB)
Intel sample copy for business clients (PDF 6.73MB)
Desktop ad builders
Mobile ad builders
2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor badges
Customizable banners, posters, and website templates
Related information
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Consumer desktop processor brief (PDF 937KB) |
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Business desktop processor brief (PDF 895KB) |
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Desktop board matrix (PDF 1.53MB) |
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Mobile computing product brief (PDF 944KB) |
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2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Mobile Processor Extreme Edition brief (PDF 1.19MB) |
1Requires an Intel® Wireless Display enabled PC, TV Adapter, and compatible television. Available on select Intel® Core processors. Does not support Blu-Ray or other protected content playback. Consult your PC manufacturer. For more information, see www.intel.com/go/wirelessdisplay.
2Requires a system with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology capability. Consult your PC manufacturer. Performance varies depending on hardware, software, and system configuration. For more information, visit www.intel.com/technology/turboboost.
3Available on the 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor family. Includes Intel® HD Graphics, Intel® Quick Sync Video, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, InTru™ 3D technology, and Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions. Also optionally includes Intel® Wireless Display depending on whether enabled on a given system or not. Whether you will receive the benefits of built-in visuals depends upon the particular design of the PC you choose. Consult your PC manufacturer to find out whether built-in visuals are enabled on your system. Learn more about built-in visuals at www.intel.com/technology/visualtechnology/index.htm.
4Requires an Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) enabled system. Consult your PC manufacturer. Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software used. Not available on Intel® Core™ i5-750. For more information including details on which processors support Intel HT Technology, visit www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading.