Intel Releases Two Pentium and Two Core i-series CPUs

Intel has updated their product database (ARK) with four new CPUs. Two of these are branded as Pentiums: 967 and B960. The former is a low-power model with only 17W TDP for BGA-1023 socket. The latter is a regular 35W TDP for rBGA-998 socket. The two new Core i-series CPUs are i5-2430M and i7-2670QM. As the naming suggest, the i5 part is dual core whereas the i7 is a quad core chip. All these CPUs are mobile variants and based on Sandy Bridge microarchitecture. Below is a table with more in-depth specifications:

 Pentium 967Pentium B960i5-2430Mi7-2670QMCore/Thread Count2/22/22/44/8Frequency1.3GHz2.2GHz2.4GHz2.2GHzMax TurboN/AN/A3.0GHz3.1GHzL3 Cache2MB2MB3MB6MBGraphicsIntel HD 3000Intel HD 3000Intel HD 3000Intel HD 3000Graphics Frequency350MHz650MHz650MHz650MHzMax Graphics TurboN/AN/A1.2GHz1.1GHzTDP17W35W35W45WSocketBGA-1023rBGA-998rBGA-998rBGA-998

Pentium 967 is the only newcomer, the other three CPUs are just slightly higher clocked versions of their predecessors. 

Source: Intel, Intel, Intel, Intel

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