At the time sales began in the 3rd quarter of 2010, Intel Core i5-760 was positioned as a top-level solution. The characteristics of this CPU continue to be relevant to this day, and the level of its performance still allows even now, 6 years after the announcement, to run the most sophisticated modern program code on such hardware. It is this silicon solution that will be discussed later.
CPU device niche
The architecture-based chip segmentation, codenamed Core, had the following niche division:
Office and budget system units were based on Celeron series chips . 1-2 computing modules, a small cache size and relatively small frequencies provided acceptable performance in the most simple tasks. Pentium products were aimed at this very niche of the processor market . A higher level of performance in this case was provided by several factors at once, which include a larger amount of built-in volatile memory and increased clock frequencies.
Mid-range PCs and gaming systems were based on processors from the Core i3 lineup . The key difference in this case was support for the technology of creating two virtual computing units on the basis of one physical core. It is called HyperTraiding. As a result, the operating system has already “seen” 4 data processing streams, and this made it possible to obtain a significant increase in performance. Also, in this case, the performance features were promoted by such features of this family of chips as a significantly larger cache size and increased CPU frequencies.
The top-level processors included solutions of the i5 lines and, of course, i7. In these chips at the hardware level, 4 physical cores were mandatory implemented. It was with this number of computing modules that the Intel Core i5-760 was equipped. The characteristics also indicated the presence of a larger volume of the built-in cache, even higher clock speeds and the presence of the technology of dynamic regulation of the latter - TurboBost. As a result, such CPUs provided a truly phenomenal level of performance, and their hardware specifications still continue to be relevant. The difference between i5 and higher-speed i7 s was that the latter included the previously mentioned HyperTraiding technology . As a result, at the operating system level, such chips already looked like full-fledged 8-core solutions.
Chip Options
The most affordable configuration option for this CPU was the one called TRAIL. In this case, the following was purchased with the processor in a plastic protective package:
Most often in this design, this semiconductor solution was acquired by companies that specialized in the assembly of system units on an industrial scale. In this case, they additionally purchased cooling systems at wholesale prices, and this resulted in, albeit insignificant, savings. The second version of the configuration of this processor device was called BOX, and the above list was supplemented by this in this case:
This configuration was of greatest interest to small collectors of system units, which could not afford to buy coolers at wholesale prices and in large quantities.
CPU socket
Unlike AMD central processors, which can be installed in several sockets of this manufacturer at once, only Intel Core i5-760 can be installed in LGA1156 . The characteristics of this connector for the CPU indicate that it is morally and physically obsolete from the standpoint of technical specifications. A lot of time has passed since the announcement of this computing platform, and the processor families of this leading manufacturer of such products have been repeatedly updated. The hardware specifications of the CPU and its performance still allow us to solve all possible tasks without exception, even now.
Technology. Frequency formula. Operating temperatures of a semiconductor crystal. Thermal pack
With technological tolerance standards that corresponded to 45 nm, this silicon crystal was produced. Base frequency Intel Core i5-760 2.8 GHz. The characteristics of this chip indicated support for TurboBost technology . Accordingly, the frequency of this processor device could dynamically change depending on the complexity of the program code and the temperature of the silicon crystal. If there are 3-4 cores in operation, then the frequency of the CPU could reach 2.93 GHz. When 2 blocks of code processing were disabled, the value of this parameter could increase to 3.33 GHz. Well, in the case of working in one thread, the processor frequency reached 3.46 GHz. The maximum degree of heating of this processor solution is set at 71 0 C. In reality, even when solving the most complex problems, this value did not exceed 65 0 C. The heat package for this CPU was set to 95 W.
Cache. RAM and its controller
Technical specifications of the Core i5-760 indicated the presence of a 3-level cache. At the first level, its size was 256 Kb, at the second - 1 Mb, and at the third - 8 Mb. The RAM controller was included in the semiconductor chip of this chip. It was two-channel and was designed to work in conjunction with DDR3 ( frequencies 1066 MHz or 1333 MHz). The maximum amount of RAM in this case is set to 16 GB.
Architectural nuances
The code name for this Intel Core i5 family is Lynnfield. 760 is the index of the most productive processor in the i5 lineup . Only i7 provided a higher level of performance . As noted earlier, this CPU included 4 physical blocks of program code processing. The lack of support for NT technology at the software level did not allow to increase the number of code processing threads by 2 times - up to 8 pieces.
Acceleration Estimated frequency and voltage values
As noted earlier, the value of the nominal frequency at which the processor Intel Core i5-760 CPU operated by default is 2.8 GHz. Due to the TurboBust technology, even in normal mode, its value could reach 3.46 GHz. The multiplier of this semiconductor solution was fixed at 21. Therefore, the only way to overclock this microprocessor was to increase the frequency of the system bus. Its initial value is 133 MHz, and the voltage supplied to the CPU core is 1.11 V. After overclocking, you can get 180-190 MHz and 1.3-1.38 V, respectively. That is, in the most favorable case, the chip frequency was equal to 190 * 21 = 3990 MHz. In percentage, a 42% increase in frequency was obtained.
Price. The relevance of the chip now. Owners about this cpu
A review of the Intel Core i7-860 and Core i5-760 indicates that their technical parameters are identical. The difference was only in the number of threads. The older model had 8, while the youngest had only 4. In quantitative terms, the difference in speed between these CPU models was 10-15%. But the price gap at the same time was $ 44 at the time of the start of sales ($ 257 versus 213). There was no particular reason to overpay for the reason that in most tasks the capabilities of the i5-760 were more than enough. The only narrow-profile niche, in which the use of the i7-860 was justified, is the processing of multimedia content in large quantities. Now, the presence of four computing units at once allows you to run even the most recent and demanding toys on the i5-760. Therefore, this model of the processor device is still relevant. Now, such a chip can be purchased in a "used" state for 2400-2500 rubles.
Summary
Although a lot of time has already passed since the start of sales, the Intel Core i5-760 is still an up-to-date processor solution. Its characteristics , as noted earlier, still allow you to play quite comfortably in most modern demanding toys.