Both Ivy- and Sandy Bridge-E do not have an on-die graphics processor built into the architecture. There's also something else missing, though we doubt a little that you'd miss it in this enthusiast grade segment. There is one exception to the rule, one Core i7 Sandy Bridge-E CPU will remain a quad-core processor, not six cores. The Ivy Bridge-E die, 1.86 Billion transistors measuring 15 x17.1mm (257 mm 2) Compared to the regular mainstream Sandy Bridge (and Ivy Bridge) processors add two more cores, a slightly increased 元 cache and add a pinch of quad-channel memory.

Simply put, you take all the good ingredients from Sandy Bridge-E and place it on a smaller die. Ivy Bridge-E, it's the all updated 22nm K+ metal gate core technology 'enhanced' slash 'enthusiast' version of what pretty much is similar to the Sandy Bridge-E architecture, you'll see few new features added and even some others stripped away. A quick recap on the 6-core Core i7-4960X processor used in this review for the motherboard.

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