Intel Core i7 980 to be released on 26th June

Although the LGA 1366 socket is relatively old by Intel's standards it is still in demand for its high end performance offerings. Intel as a result of this has brought in a new processor to fill the price point in between its i7 970 and i7 980X processor, which is where the i7 980 will fit in.

The processor is a non-x variant of the 1366 core i7 processors meaning it will have a locked multiplier at 25. However, it will offer a frequency of up to 3.6GHz with the Intel Turbo Mode enabled. The chip as expected provides 6 cores with 12 threads as Intel's hyper threading technology is supported on this processor.

Compared to the 980X which runs at 6.4GT/s the 980 uses a slower QPI speed of 4.8GT/s. The processor also like the 980X has 12MB of shared L3 cache. The price of this processor will be $583 and considering the 980X costs around $1000 it seems much better value for money since the only drawbacks of this in comparison to the 980X is a lower QPI speed and a locked multiplier.