Previous Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processor

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Previous Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processor

With previous generation Intel® Core™ i7 processors access multiple applications faster and unleash incredible digital media creation. Experience great performance for everything you do with the combination of Intel® Turbo Boost Technology¹ and Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology),² which maximizes performance to match your workload.

Product information

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Features and benefits

  • Intel® Turbo Boost technology maximizes speed for demanding applications, dynamically accelerating performance to match your workload-more performance when you need it the most.¹

  • Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology enables highly threaded applications to get more work done in parallel. With 8 threads available to the operating system, multi-tasking becomes even easier.²

  • Intel® Smart Cache provides a higher-performance, more efficient cache subsystem. Optimized for industry leading multi-threaded games.

  • Integrated memory controller enables three channels of DDR3 1066 MHz memory, resulting in up to 25.6 GB/sec memory bandwidth. This memory controller's lower latency and higher memory bandwidth delivers amazing performance for data-intensive applications.


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Visibly smart

The 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor family delivers smart performance and built-in visuals for a visibly better PC experience.

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