Intel has contributed accelerate to its low-end processors, innovating new low-end Pentium and Core i3 processors functioning at the quickest clock speeds the Intel has put on its user microprocessors. The company's new dual-core Core i3-560M and Pentium E6800 processors worked at clock pace of 3.33GHz, agreeing to an Intel processor price list issued.

That is the same clock pace as Intel's Core i7-980X chip for enthusiast PCs, which is believed one of Intel's quickest desktop processors. nevertheless, the six-core Core i7-980X chip has more cache, cores and is built utilizing an innovative manufacturing process.

The Core i3 and Pentium chips generally go into low-end PCs, but the quicker clock pace might play a role in assisting them outperform other chips belonging to to the same category and contemporaries. The Core i3 chip includes 4MB of cache and is priced at units of 1,000, while the Pentium E6800 includes 2MB of cache. The Core i3 processor is made using the new 32-nanometer process, while the Pentium is made using the 45-nm process.