Intel Core i7 2700K

The vanilla Sandy Bridge lineup has a new chip in the Intel Core i7 2700K .

For

• The fastest CPU in the real world
• Lots of overclocking headroom

Against

• Barely any better than the old 2600K
• No new features

Product Type

Processor

Processor Core

Quad-core (4 Core)

Processor Manufacturer

Intel

Product Family

Core i7 i7-2700

L3 Cache

8 MB

Clock Speed

3.50 GHz

Processor Socket

Socket H2 LGA-1155

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Intel Core i7 3770K

The fastest real-world CPU on the market right now.

 It's new CPU season at Intel with the launch of the Ivy Bridge family of CPUs and the new Intel Core i7-3770K. It's the quickest of the new breed and therefore likely to be the fastest CPU in the real world.

 

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Intel Core i5 3570K

The new quad-core Intel Core i5 3570K, one of two new processors from Intel's new 22nm Ivy Bridge family of CPUs,
With four cores and no Hyperthreading support, there's not a lot of extra CPU hardware. The clockspeeds and cache haven't budged an inch, either. As before, we're talking 3.4GHz nominal, 3.8GHz Turbo and 6MB of cache.
For gamers and performance enthusiasts, the most important upgrade is the shrink from 32nm to 22nm process technology and the introduction of Intel's 3D Tri-gate transistors. 

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