14 DAY TRIAL // In just a couple of weeks from now, Intel will add yet another Sandy Bridge processor to its lineup, the Core i5-2310. This new desktop processor will come as a revised version of the current Core i5-2300 and should offer slightly better performances while carrying the same price label.
The first details about the new chip were uncovered at the beginning of the month, but, back then, its launch date and pricing were not yet known.
However, all this changed recently as Fudzilla has uncovered that Intel plans to release the processor on May 22 for $177, in 1,000 quantities.
The price is the same as that set for the Core i5-2300, but the new CPU should perform a tad better than its predecessor as it comes clocked at 2.9GHz, compared to the 2.8GHz of the regular 2300.
Together with the base frequency, the maximum Turbo speed will also be increased by 100Mhz to reach 3.2GHz.
Otherwise, the CPUs are basically identical as they both feature four processing cores (with no Hyper-Threading), support for 1333MHz memory, 6MB of Level 3 cache memory, and have a maximum TDP of 95W.
As far as the integrated graphics is concerned, the CPU comes with Intel's HD 2000 GPU that packs 8 EUs and has a stock clock of 850MHz. However, this can go all the way up to 1100MHz when the situation demands it.
All the standard Core i5 features, such as Turbo Boost and the SSE4, AES and AVX instruction sets, are active on the Core i5-2310.
Later this year, Intel's high performance second-generation Core family will be joined by a new series of Pentium and Celeron processors (the first chip launched was the Celeron B810) based on the Sandy Bridge architecture. The new lineup will include desktop as well as mobile processors.