First Test of Lynnfield - Core i5?
Lynnfield, a processor based on Nehalem, has integrated with memory controller and 8MB L3 cache, supporting technologies such as Turbo Boost. However, it doesn’t utilize QPI, which makes it different from Core i7 (Bloomfield). Lynnfield features mature DMI (Direct Media Interface), and only supports dual-channel DDR3 memory. As for the structure, it uses LGA1160 (updated to LGA1156 later) socket, while Core i7 used LGA1366.
Intel is about to launch Lynnfield in Q3 2009 for mainstream market under $200. A friend from Taiwan ever unveiled some pictures of Lynnfield, and now the test finally emerges thanks to a Chinese website.
This test chooses 2.13G Lynnfield, DDR3-1066 (4G+2G) memory for laptops, ST 7200.2 160G HDD, PCI-E X1 NVS290 VGA Card and Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit OS.
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Due to lack of comparison data, it’s difficult to judge of Lynnfield’s performance. But it still has a long way to go before catching up with 3.2GHz Core i7-965.
What’s funny that Lynnfield is identified as Intel Core i5 according to CPU-Z, though Intel claimed the naming of Core i7 meant nothing. So who will be Core i6? Havendale seems to be the best answer we got now.
December 9th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
It just one year and the performance is just like that? I mean, if it is for next year (u say Q3 2009), then it is better to have the same performance as I965. Which in that time (Q3 2009) will be replace by something more powerfull. Unless this is the next centrino prosesor.
December 9th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Cool… I’ll buy an i6 then!
December 9th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I’m stay with my Core 2 Duo…
December 9th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
could graphics get performance from the integrated PCIe controller?
December 10th, 2008 at 2:09 am
i thought this would be the next processor for gamers. seems like i thought wrong.
December 10th, 2008 at 4:35 am
This is an early engineering sample processor, at a relatively low clock speed, on what must be an early ES motherboard. Don’t judge it too harshly nine months before it is meant to be released.
December 10th, 2008 at 6:07 am
I bet Havendale is Core i3, not i6.
December 11th, 2008 at 8:21 am
{chaqra}
could graphics get performance from the integrated PCIe controller?
integrated pci-e x16, generally would be a great thing, but down here on earth time it’ll just means that crappy programmers would create more bloatware
December 11th, 2008 at 8:22 am
{chaqra}
could graphics get performance from the integrated PCIe controller?
integrated pci-e x16, generally would be a great thing, but down here on earth time it’ll just meant that crappy programmers could’n'would create more bloatware
December 13th, 2008 at 11:20 am
What I would like to point out that under 200$, let’s say 170$ for lowest model(I think this one 2.13GHz)would be very nice indeed. And by then, affordable P55 motherboards shall be out, and 4GB DDR3 would become much much cheaper. It doesn’t feature triple channel so what! Triple channel hardly gives any boost to Nehalem performance. As for the processor, this 2.13GHz processor beats an Overclocked C2D E6400 @ 3.2GHz to the graves. I think that’s nice for a sub 2.2GHz processor.
December 13th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Cheaper quad cores for everyone? Cool.
I understand the need to bring back hyper threading, but that doesn’t make it a selling point. Call me when you get six or eight real cores, Intel.
January 1st, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Moore lawed himself.
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Well, I’ve bought my Core i7 920, staying with it for years to come, I’ve been with my old P4 for 5 or 6 years