Intel Releases Two Pentium and Two Core i-series CPUs

Intel has updated their product database (ARK) with four new CPUs. Two of these are branded as Pentiums: 967 and B960. The former is a low-power model with only 17W TDP for BGA-1023 socket. The latter is a regular 35W TDP for rBGA-998 socket. The two new Core i-series CPUs are i5-2430M and i7-2670QM. As the naming suggest, the i5 part is dual core whereas the i7 is a quad core chip. All these CPUs are mobile variants and based on Sandy Bridge microarchitecture.

Below is a table with more in-depth specifications:

	Pentium 967	Pentium B960	i5-2430M	i7-2670QM
Core/Thread Count	2/2	2/2	2/4	4/8
Frequency	1.3GHz	2.2GHz	2.4GHz	2.2GHz
Max Turbo	N/A	N/A	3.0GHz	3.1GHz
L3 Cache	2MB	2MB	3MB	6MB
Graphics	Intel HD 3000	Intel HD 3000	Intel HD 3000	Intel HD 3000
Graphics Frequency	350MHz	650MHz	650MHz	650MHz
Max Graphics Turbo	N/A	N/A	1.2GHz	1.1GHz
TDP	17W	35W	35W	45W
Socket	BGA-1023	rBGA-998	rBGA-998	rBGA-998

Pentium 967 is the only newcomer, the other three CPUs are just slightly higher clocked versions of their predecessors.