Help Me Choose: Processor

PCs powered by an all new Intel® Core™ vPro™ processor help businesses cut costs and increase efficiency by taking advantage of intelligent performance and unique hardware-assisted security and manageability features.

What is the difference among Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i7 processor?
The Intel Core processor family contains Intel's most feature rich, highest-performance processors for business and consumers. There are three levels of Intel Core processors represented by i3, i5 and i7. The difference between these levels is features (or amount of a particular feature such as amount of Cache) present in the processor. The Intel Core i7 processor is the most feature rich, the Intel Core i3 processor the least.

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Smart, hardware-assisted security and manageability features with the intelligent performance of Intel Turbo Boost technology helps businesses increase efficiency and lower costs.	Intel Core i7 vPro processor
Smart security and cost saving manageability combined with the intelligent performance of Intel Turbo Boost technology helps businesses increase efficiency.	Intel Core i5 vPro processor
Mix of value and performance with Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology enabling performance while also meeting the power-conservation needs of mobile systems.	Intel Core Duo T6670 processor

Processor	Model	Rating	Cores	Clock Speed	Cache	FSB
Intel Core i7-2720QM	E6420, E6520, E6420ATG		Four	2.20Ghz	6M	1600
Intel Core i7-2620M	E6420, E6520, E5420, E5520, E6320, E6420ATG, E6220, XT3, E6420XFR		Two	2.70Ghz	4M	1333
Intel Core i5-2540M	E6420, E6520, E5420, E5520, E6320, E6420ATG, E6220, XT3, E6420XFR		Two	2.60Ghz	3M	1333
Intel Core i5-2520M	E6420, E6520, E5420, E5520, E6320, E6420ATG, E6220, XT3, E6420XFR		Two	2.50Ghz	3M	1333
Intel Core 2 Duo T6670	E5420m, E5520m		Two	2.20Ghz	2M	800
Intel Celeron® 925	E5420m, E5520m		One	2.30Ghz	1M	800

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How To Select the Right Intel Laptop Processor

Best For:	Recommended Intel Processors	Capabilities	Intel vPro Technology#	Intel Turbo Boost 2.0	Multitask Processing	Intel Antitheft	Built-in Visuals
Smart Performance, IT Intelligence	Activation required#	See what your users see. Remotely repair and secure PCs with hardware-based KVM Remote Control, even if the PCs are asleep, hibernating, powered down, or the OS is inoperable, wired and wireless, in or outside the corporate firewall. Disable lost or stolen laptops with optional Intel Anti-Theft technology. Remotely isolate and repair infected PCs from the network. All the performance of 2nd generation Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i7 processors.*			4-way or 8-way
Smart Performance		Smart 4-way or 8-way multitask processing enables users to move between business applications quickly and seamlessly. Up to 2x faster multitasking. Run typical business applications up to 60 percent faster on an Intel Core i5 processor vs. a 3-year-old PC. Intel Turbo Boost technology 2.0 in automatically speeds up the processor when the workload requires extra performance. The Intel Core i5 processor encrypts data up to 4x faster.			4-way or 8-way
Smart Performance		4-way multitask processing allows each processor to work on four tasks at the same time.* Performance to run anti-virus/spam, spyware and data backup in the background.			4-way
Value		Proven reliability. Great value for entry-level computing.			Up to 2-way

# Intel vPro technology features and benefits require specific computer configuration and set up by purchaser.

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