Intel i7-680UM CN80617004860AA User Manual

Intel® Core™ i7 Desktop Processor

Features and Benefits of the Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Family 

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Benefit

Quad-Core Processing

Provides four complete execution cores in a single 

processor package. Four dedicated physical cores 

help operating systems and applications deliver 

additional performance, so users can experience 

better multitasking and multithreaded performance 

across many types of applications and workloads.

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology  

(Intel® HT Technology)

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Delivers two processing threads per physical core 

for a total of eight threads for massive computa-

tional throughput. With Intel® HT Technology, highly 

threaded applications can get more work done in 

parallel, completing tasks sooner. With more threads 

available to the operating system, multitasking 

becomes even easier. This amazing processor can 

handle multiple applications working simultaneously, 

allowing you to do more with less wait time.

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology

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Dynamically increases the processor’s frequency as 

needed by taking advantage of thermal and power 

headroom when operating below specified limits. 

Get more performance automatically, when you 

need it the most.

8 MB Intel® Smart Cache

This large last-level cache enables dynamic and ef-

ficient allocation of shared cache to all four cores to 

match the needs of various applications for ultra-

efficient data storage and manipulation.

Integrated Memory Controller

An integrated memory controller offers stunning 

memory read/write performance through efficient 

prefetching algorithms, lower latency, and higher 

memory bandwidth making the Intel® Core™ i7 pro-

cessor family ideal for data-intensive applications.

Intel® HD Boost

Includes the full SSE4 instruction set, significantly 

improving a broad range of multimedia and compute- 

intensive applications. The 128-bit SSE instructions 

are issued at a throughput rate of one per clock cycle, 

allowing a new level of processing efficiency with 

SSE4-optimized applications.

Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI)

For the Intel® Core™ i7-900 processor series, Intel® 

QPI increases bandwidth and lowers latency, while 

achieving data transfer speeds as high as 25.6 GB/s.

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