Monday, March 14th 2011
Sandy Bridge-Based Pentium Dual-Core G840 Processor Surfaces
The first Intel Pentium branded processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture surfaced in China. The Pentium Dual-Core G840 as it's identified, is said to be based on the 32 nm dual-core silicon. It differs from Core i3 dual-core processors in having no HyperThreading technology (one thread per core), and 3 MB of L3 cache enabled. The AVX instruction set also seems to be lacking according to the CPU-Z screenshot.
The Pentium G840 is clocked at 2.80 GHz, with a base clock of 100 MHz, and 28x multiplier. The embedded Intel HD Graphics GPU is clocked at 850 MHz, with 1100 MHz GPU Turbo Boost frequency. The processor cores lack Turbo Boost. The chip has a TDP of 65W. Pricing and availability details are awaited, though expect this LGA1155 chip to cost under $100.
Source:
INPAI
The Pentium G840 is clocked at 2.80 GHz, with a base clock of 100 MHz, and 28x multiplier. The embedded Intel HD Graphics GPU is clocked at 850 MHz, with 1100 MHz GPU Turbo Boost frequency. The processor cores lack Turbo Boost. The chip has a TDP of 65W. Pricing and availability details are awaited, though expect this LGA1155 chip to cost under $100.
18 Comments on Sandy Bridge-Based Pentium Dual-Core G840 Processor Surfaces
Ahh the good old nforce2 times ;)
Now, all I need is the cheapest mobo and 4gb ddr3 out there
I have a E5200 oc'ed to 4.25GHz now.
New socket(thought this was budget). The Pentium G9650 would overclock like hell, this doesn't. I feel pathetic even saying I**EL