Intel Next Generation Core i5-2500K and i7-2600K "Sandy Bridge" Processors Review

Sandy Bridge is Intel's next generation 32nm architecture processor adding to their already illustrious CPU genealogy. While Sandy Bridge is architecturally similar to the Core i3, i5, and i7 processors featuring an integrated memory controller and on-die integrated graphics, it is indeed a new beast. The new on-die graphics core promises to change our perception of what integrated graphics can offer and new internal optimizations make the processor far more media aggressive than anything have seen to date. Let's go over the features that make this new platform special and see what the benchmarks say.