Brilliantly fast
With faster, intelligent, multi-core technology that applies processing power where it's needed most, Intel® Core™ i7 processors deliver an incredible breakthrough in PC performance. They are the best desktop processor family on the planet¹.

You'll multitask applications faster and unleash incredible digital media creation. And you'll experience maximum performance for everything you do, thanks to the combination of Intel® Turbo Boost technology² and Intel® Hyper-Threading technology (Intel® HT technology)³, which maximizes performance to match your workload.

Intel® Turbo Boost technology maximizes speed for demanding applications, dynamically accelerating performance to match your workload—more performance when you need it the most².

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 easier³.

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

Intel® QuickPath Interconnect is designed for increased bandwidth and low latency. It can achieve data transfer speeds as high as 25.6 GB/sec with the Extreme Edition processor.

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.

Intel® HD Boost significantly improves a broad range of multimedia and compute-intensive applications.

Key Features: Detail Specifications:

UPC:735858215350

Number of Cores 6

Number of Threads 12

Clock Speed 3.2 GHz

Intel Smart Cache 12 MB

Instruction Set 64-bit

ECC Memory Supported No

Sockets Supported FCLGA1366

Advanced Technologies Intel Turbo Boost Technology Intel Hyper-Threading Technology Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) AES New Instructions Intel 64 Idle States Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology Execute Disable Bit

Warranty 3 Years