Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition vs. Previous Generation Intel® Core™ i7-975 Processor Extreme Edition

Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition

Intel® Core™ i7-990X processor Extreme Edition

The Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition is the perfect engine for power users who demand unparalleled performance and unlimited digital creativity. Thanks to the latest ultra-threaded, overclocking-enabled1 killer combination of smart features, including Intel® Turbo Boost Technology,2 Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology),3 6 physical and 12 logical cores, and 12MB Intel® Smart Cache, the Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition is Intel's most tunable, capable, and downright devastating PC processor ever.

Undisputed leadership on compute-intensive workloads

Whether you consider yourself a digital media expert who wants a "do everything PC," a hardcore gamer for whom "fast is never fast enough," a professional videographer who wants "no performance limits or barriers," an entrepreneur and media mogul who wants to run "anything and everything"; then you want the Intel® Core™ i7-990X processor Extreme Edition.

Undisputed leadership on compute-intensive workloads

Desktop PC configurations used for extreme performance measurements

Intel® Processor Name Intel® Core™ i7-975 Processor Extreme Edition Intel® Core™ i7-990X Processor Extreme Edition
Processor speed 3.33GHz 3.46GHz
Processor interconnect Intel® QuickPath Interconnect @ 6.4GT/s Intel QuickPath Interconnect @ 6.4GT/s
Processor cores/threads 4/8 6/12
Intel® Smart Cache Unified 8 MB L3 Unified 12MB L3
Motherboard manufacturer Intel® DX58SO2 Intel DX58SO2
Chipset Intel® X58 Express Chipset Intel X58 Express Chipset
Chipset INF file Intel® INF 9.1.1.1015 Intel INF 9.1.1.1015
Platform BIOS SOX5820J.86A.0765 SOX5820J.86A.0765
System memory 12GB (3x4GB) Micron* MT16JSF25664HY-1G1D1 DDR3-1066 (7-7-7-20) 12GB (3x4GB) Micron MT16JSF25664HY-1G1D1 DDR3-1066 (7-7-7-20)
Hard disk Intel® X25-M SSD 160GB SATA2 2.5" FW-02HD Intel X25-M SSD 160GB SATA2 2.5" FW-02HD
Intel® Matrix Storage Manager 8.9.0.1023 8.9.0.1023
Video card ATI* Radeon 5970 HD ATI Radeon 5970 HD
Video driver version 8.801.0.0 8.801.0.0
Graphics resolution 1920 x 1200 resolution, 32-bit color 1920 x 1200 resolution, 32-bit color
Operating system Microsoft Windows* 7 Ultimate 64-bit RTM Build 7600, on NTFS Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit RTM Build 7600, on NTFS
Power management mode High performance High performance

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1. 警告： 改变时钟频率和/或电压可能导致： （i）系统稳定性降低、系统及处理器的使用寿命缩短；（ii）处理器及其它系统组件发生故障；（iii）系统性能降低；（iv）产生更多热量或其它损坏；（v）影响系统数据的完整性。英特尔未对超出其规范的处理器操作进行测试，也不承担任何责任。英特尔对处理器（包括在改变时钟频率和/或电压的情况下）针对任何特定用途的适用性不承担任何责任。有关更多信息，请访问 www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/gaming/overclocking/overclocking-intel-processors.html。


2. 英特尔® 睿频加速技术要求系统支持英特尔睿频加速技术。请向您的电脑制造商查询。其性能可能因硬件、软件和系统配置的不同而各有所异。若欲了解更多信息，请访问 www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/turbo-boost/turbo-boost-technology.html。


3. 英特尔® 超线程技术（英特尔® HT 技术）要求系统支持英特尔 HT 技术；请向您的电脑制造商查询。实际性能会因所使用的具体硬件和软件的不同而有所差异。在前代英特尔® 酷睿™ i5-750 处理器上不可用。若欲了解包括关于哪些处理器支持英特尔超线程技术的更多信息，请访问 http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/hyper-threading/hyper-threading-technology.html。


4. 如欲了解有关英特尔® 处理器号的更多信息，请访问 www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/processor-numbers.html。


5. 基于最终的生产 BIOS 的最终基准性能测试结果可能与这些结果有所差异。性能测试和等级评定均使用特定的计算机系统和/或组件进行，这些测试反映了英特尔® 产品的大致性能。系统硬件、软件设计或配置的任何不同都可能影响实际性能。购买者应进行多方咨询，以评估他们考虑购买的系统或组件的性能。如欲了解有关性能测试和英特尔产品性能的更多信息，请访问：www.intel.com/performance/。