Performance

Desktop Performance

Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition

2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2600 processor

2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-2500k processor

2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-2400 processor

2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processors with Intel® HD Graphics

Previous generation desktop processors


Test System Configuration

April 2010

Test system configuration
Processor Previous generation Intel® Core™2 Duo processor E6400(2M cache, 2.13 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) Previous generation Intel® Core™ i5-650 processor (4M cache, 3.20 GHz)
Motherboard Intel® Desktop Board DG945GCL Intel® Desktop Board DH57JG
Processor speed 2.13GHz 3.20GHz
Processor cache 2MB 4MB
Front side bus 1066MHz N/A
Memory vendor and model number Micron* MT16HTF6464AY-667B3 Micron MT16JTF25664AZ-1G4 CL9
Memory type DDR2 667 DDR3 1333
Memory size 2GB (2x1GB) 4GB
Memory timing 5-5-5-15 9-9-9-24 1T
Memory speed 667 MHz 1333 MHz
Hard disk Seagate Barracuda* ST3320620AS 320GB Seagate Barracuda ST31000528AS 1TB
Operating system Microsoft Windows* Vista Ultimate 32-bit Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Graphics card vendor and model number Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950 Intel® HD Graphics
Graphics card driver 7.14.10.1329 8.15.10.2086
Testing source Intel Corporation, April 2010 Intel Corporation, April 2010