A brand new Intel CPU has simply leaked, and it’s among the many extra intriguing new processors we’ve seen in a while. The Intel Processor 310 is a model new product based mostly on the corporate’s newest Raptor Lake-S structure, however it has simply two cores.
This tiny quantity of processing cores stands in stark distinction to many of the remainder of the corporate’s Raptor Lake lineup, with its Intel Core i-branded chips bottoming out at 4 cores and rising to 24 cores for its flagship Core i9 14900K. As such, it’s truthful to say this new Intel chip gained’t be a finest gaming CPU contender. Nonetheless, there’s sufficient right here that makes us surprise simply what it could be like to make use of such a lowly chip as a gaming CPU.
Crucially, the brand new CPU does seem to incorporate help for Hyper-Threading, which permits every core of the CPU to deal with two utility threads at a time, in impact showing to your system as – and considerably appearing as – a quad-core chip. This issue alone signifies that the chip stands an opportunity of a minimum of working most trendy video games, which wouldn’t be the case with a purely dual-core chip, as many video games now require a minimum of a quad-core processor.
The small print of this chip had been noticed on the Geekbench web site – an everyday supply of CPU leaks, as assessments utilizing the app can mechanically replace the web site with the take a look at end result – X (previously Twitter) consumer @BenchLeaks observed the brand new knowledge for this one. The complete take a look at run reveals the efficiency, identify, and different particulars of the CPU, as proven additional down this web page.
Notably, the brand new processor can run at as much as 4.1GHz, which is properly beneath the 6GHz of its quickest Raptor Lake chips however continues to be a superbly respectable tempo for lighter workloads. The chip additionally has 6MB of L3 cache – evaluate that to the 96MB of the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, for example. It’s additionally proven utilizing 8GB of DDR4 RAM working at 3200MT/s, configured in a single-channel association, that means there’s just one stick of reminiscence.
Whereas this chip is technically nonetheless a brand new, unannounced mannequin, we truly can surmise a number of extra particulars about it as Intel additionally introduced a close to an identical chip referred to as the Intel Processor 300 final yr, the small print of that are on Intel’s web site right here. This chip makes use of simply the P-Cores of Intel’s trendy Raptor Lake structure, so there are not any power-efficient E-Cores, and it’s rated to make use of simply 46W of energy. The 310 simply seems to be a really barely faster-clocked model of that chip.
As for the efficiency of this CPU, using a single-channel reminiscence configuration on this take a look at will probably restrict its efficiency a little bit, however its Geekbench single-threaded rating of two,152 is definitely nonetheless sufficient to beat the likes of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and maintain its personal towards different low-level Intel Core i3 chips. Nonetheless, its multi-threaded rating of 4,254 could be very low, with solely the likes of the Intel Core i3-10100 (a four-year-old chip based mostly on an previous structure) being overwhelmed by it.
We don’t but know the Intel Processor 310 worth, however contemplating the Intel Processor 300’s beneficial worth vary is $82-$92, we’d hope this chip wouldn’t value any greater than $10 additional. An actual launch date can also be not but identified.
So, within the meantime, we’d suggest studying our Intel Core i5-12400F evaluate to see the most effective low-cost gaming CPU we at present suggest. It prices simply $110, which isn’t far more cash, and it has six P-Cores with a 4.4GHz enhance clock.
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