Intel® Core™ i5 Processor
For Desktops
Meet the newest member of the Intel® Core™ family
Get a major boost in PC power for fast multitasking at work or at play with the Intel® Core™ i5 processor for desktops. With intelligent performance that accelerates in response to demanding tasks◊, such as playing games and editing photos, the new Intel® Core™ i5 processor moves faster when you do.
Key Features
A new level of intelligent performance
Maximize speed for demanding applications with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology◊, which accelerates processor clock speed up to 20%Δ to match your workload. So you’ll move faster when multitasking and get more accomplished in less time.
Do more at once
With the Intel® Core™ i5 processor, you can multitask up to 28% faster, so you can do more things at once‡ and be more productive than ever.
Speedy content creation
Unleash an amazing digital media experience with up to 37% faster conversion of video for web upload‡, up to 15% faster photo editing‡ and up to 17 % faster conversion of CD music tracks to MP3‡.
Get your game on
Get a 32% improvement in artificial intelligence for game characters and realistic physics for game worlds.‡
Compare Processor Numbers
Is faster always better? Yes, but it's not always what you should buy.
So as you evaluate the performance of the components below, don't analyze them in isolation from each other, but consider them interdependent partners that make up your projected system. And, keep in mind that your future needs—adding software from a growing family or a growing business—might be different later.
Roll over each word below to find a pop-up box: we have provided definitions you need to know so you can better understand how each will work together in your system.
Processor Family
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Clock Speed
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Intel® Smart Cache
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Silicon
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Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
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Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
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| i5-750 | 4 cores / 4 threads | 2.66 GHz up to 3.20 with turbo boost | 8 MB | 45 nm |
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Intel processor numbers are not a measure of performance. Processor numbers differentiate features within each processor family, not across different processor families. See www.intel.com/products/processor_number for details.
◊ Intel® Turbo Boost Technology requires a PC with a processor with Intel Turbo Boost Technology capability. Intel Turbo Boost Technology performance varies depending on hardware, software, and overall system configuration. Check with your PC manufacturer on whether your system delivers Intel Turbo Boost Technology. See www.intel.com/technology/turboboost/ for more information.
Δ Intel® Core™ i5-750 processor with a 2.66 GHz base frequency reaches a maximum Turbo frequency of 3.20 GHz. See www.intel.com/technology/turboboost/ for more information.
‡1 PCMark* Vantage is a collection of various single- and multi-threaded CPU, Graphics, and HDD test sets with the focus on Windows* Vista application tests. Tests have been selected to represent a subset of the individual Windows Vista Consumer Scenarios.
‡2 As measured based on VirtualDub* 1.7.2 with DivX* 6.7 codec comparing Intel® Core™ i5-750 processor based laptops to previous generation Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Q9400. Actual performance may vary. See www.intel.com/go/consumerbenchmarks/ for important additional information.
‡3 As measured based on Adobe* Album Starter where the workload consists of running auto smart-fix on 50 6MP photos that total about 118MB in size.
‡4 Apple iTunes* 7.4.3 is a digital media application that can be used to manage digital music such as converting from one digital audio format to another. In this case, Apple iTunes is used to convert 61 minutes, 24 seconds of music from WAV to MP3 format with a bit rate of 160Kbps for listening on your iPod*.
‡5 3DMark* Vantage CPU test covers the two most common CPU-side tasks: Physics simulation and artificial intelligence. Measurements compared for the Intel® Core™ i7-950 processor and the Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Q9650.