Intel Core i7 microprocessor family

Official launch of the Core i7 microprocessor family in November 2008 included first three members of the family - i7-920, i7-940 and i7-965 Extreme Edition. The slowest from these three processors, and so far the slowest from the whole i7-9xx lineup, is the Core i7-920. Despite of its relatively low core frequency, "just" 2.67 GHz, the i7-920 performs as good of better than Core 2 Quad Q9650, the fastest Core 2 Quad microprocessor running at 3 GHz. Thanks to HyperThreading feature, Core i7-920's advantage is especially impressive in heavy multi-threaded media applications - in some applications the Core i7 processor is up to 35% faster than the Q9650. Performance of the i7-920 in games is less impressive. Depending on the game, the CPU may be faster or slower than the Q9650 by up to 10%, and on average it performs on a par with the Q9650.