also @ TechSpot: Qualcomm shows off Mirasol, 1.5-inch panel shipping in products soon

› ›

Report: Intel readies Sandy Bridge-based Pentium chips

By

On March 14, 2011, 11:17 AM

Intel is looking to introduce a range of Pentium processors based on the 32nm Sandy Bridge microarchitecture, according to a report by Chinese site Inpai. The budget-oriented family will apparently comprise four different chips, with the dual-core Pentium G850 leading the charge sporting a 2.9GHz clock speed, 3MB of L3 cache, and a 65W thermal envelope. The chip is said to be nearly identical to the Core i3 2100, only Intel dropped the clock speed on the former and disabled Hyper-Threading to produce the specifications mentioned before.

There's no mention of price but it would have to be lower than the $120 asking price of Intel's Core i3 2100, which is clocked at 3.1GHz. Also making an appearance is a 2.8GHz Pentium G840, a 2.6GHz G620, and a 2.2GHz G620T with a 35W TDP. For reference, Inpai ran some simulated G840 benchmarks and found that the chip's performance would lie somewhere in between that of the i3-2100 and the existing Clarkdale-based Pentium G6950.


As usual you should take the aforementioned information with a pinch of salt until Intel makes an official announcement, but if Inpai is right the new Sandy Bridge Pentiums could be an interesting option for budget-conscious consumers.

, ,

4 comments

User Comments: 4

Got something to say? Post a comment
  1. March 14, 2011 12:41 PM
    yukka, TechSpot Paladin, said:

    Used to be able to say Pentium, not as good as core 2duo. This puts the cat amongst the pigeons.

    Reply
  2. March 14, 2011 3:42 PM
    Win7Dev said:

    Pentium and heat go in pairs. I have never had a good experience with the pentium 4 desktop that is still in my house. It gets rather hot (it is from dell so I did not build it) and will encounter illegal instructions when running basically anything that requires a lot of cpu usage. I know its not the graphics card because that is a radeon x600 and it still works just as well as when I first used the computer five years ago.

    Reply
  3. March 14, 2011 3:52 PM
    herpaderp said:

    The Core pentiums are nothing like the old netburst pentiums, the sandy bridge ones, even less so. There's no way you can compare the two at all. The Pentium brand nowadays denotes budget, low end chips.

    Reply
  4. March 14, 2011 4:19 PM
    ET3D, TechSpot Paladin, said:

    Intel should release these Pentiums with HD 3000 graphics. That should put a dent in AMD's Llano plans.

    Reply

Recently commented stories

Post a new comment

Social Login & Guest Posting TechSpot Members
Login here or sign up for free,
it takes about a minute.
Get complete access to the TechSpot community. Join thousands of technology enthusiasts that contribute and share knowledge in our forum. Get a private inbox, upload your own photo gallery and more.
TechSpot on:

Most Popular

Trending Featured
More Trending Topics

Featured on PC Games

Downloads and Drivers

Downloads   Drivers  

1by1 1.79

MKVToolNix 6.2.0

WinDirStat 1.1.2

SketchUp 13.0.3689

MessageMe for Android 1.0.11

More Downloads

Latest Discussion

Monitor - No display when i put my HD6670 into motherboard 5 replies on Audio and Video

How did my Windows key become disabled? 15 replies on Other Hardware

Screen saver stop working after installing Norton 12 replies on Software Apps

Need advice on router-buy 5 replies on Storage and Networking

Windows load screen at boot, looong black screen, then normal startup 61 replies on Windows OS

More Recent Discussion

Subscribe to TechSpot

Get free exclusive content, learn about new features and breaking tech news.