The fourth-generation chip is quite strong for its thermal package

Jul 8, 2013 07:59 GMT  ·  By

There was a time when 35W was considered a good wattage for laptop processors, but now it is a thermal design power (TDP) used by energy-efficiency desktop chips.

The best example that has made the news lately is called Intel Core i5-4570T.

Part of the fourth generation of Core-series CPUs, it is based on the 22nm manufacturing process technology and runs at 2.9 GHz most of the time.

When programs really need it though, it jumps to 3.6 GHz.

Other specs include a 4 MB L3 cache memory and HD 4600 graphics at up to 1.15 GHz.

Above and below are the benchmarks published on PC Games Hardware. Check them out to see what $192 / €149 – 192 will get you. In some cases, AMD chips with more cores and higher TDPs have actually scored less than Intel's unit.

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Intel Core i5-4570T benchmark
Intel Core i5-4570T benchmark
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