The new Core i7-970, as we noted quickly above, is based on the 32nm Gulftown core, which is derived from the 45nm Nehalem architecture that debuted with the original Core i7s.

Same base frequency as the AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (3.2GHz) but on most things computational, 40% to 60% faster it looks like. Of course, it is still $885 for one so not exactly cheap. I think if I ...

Costing $114 less than Intel's high-end Core i7-980X Extreme Edition CPU, the Core i7-970 still offers six processing cores and 12 threads for powerful performance with highly threaded applications.

Anyway, back to the vanilla Core i7-970, which (on paper, at least) runs at 3.2GHz, a mere 133MHz slower than the i7-980X EE. It shares the same 6-core Gulftown design as the i7-980X EE, so is ...

The company announced the Core i7-970 processor, which will run at 3.2GHz and have 12MB of L3 cache. This is the second six-core desktop chip launched by Intel after the Core i7-980X Extreme ...

Intel's new Core i7-980X and Core i7-970 six-core desktop processors are set to debut in March, but could see an early release on Apple's Mac Pro systems in a matter of weeks, according to a new ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The six-core Intel Core i7-970 processor we've been waiting to hit the Mac Pro has shown up for sale at Newegg, priced at a not ...

On the surface, the new Core i7-970 Extreme looks just like its socket 1366-based predecessors, as you can see in the image below. Ours is an engineering sample however, so the traditional retail ...

Conclusion Due to the high price of the i7-980X EE, a cheaper 6-core such as the i7-970 was a highly anticipated processor in the bit-tech office. Unfortunately, despite its non-EE branding, the ...

Intel's new six-core Westmere chip, the Core i7-970, offers a slight decrease in price and performance compared to the flagship high-end Core i7-980X.