Smart Performance, Energy Efficiency and Intelligence Merge The Core i3, i5 and i7 processors also include the enhanced Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0.

They're here! That is, Intel's Sandy Bridge mobile and desktop processors herein known as the 2nd Generation Core processor family or more simply as Intel Core 2011 processors to us. After months ...

In fact, the Core i5-8250 delivers an average performance uplift in CPU tasks of 59 percent. That's an enormous improvement in the 15W form factor, and Intel has pulled it off with apparently ...

According to Intel, highlights of the second-generation Core processors, built around a new 32nm microarchitecture, include more energy-efficient performance and improved 3D and graphics performance.

For the Core 3, 5, 7, and 9, you'll also see 1 or 2 only. So, a Core 7 250H is from the second generation (250H starts with 2). For the Core i3, i5, i7, and i9, there are currently 14 generations.