Intel Core i5 680

With its clock of 3.6 GHz, the Intel Core i5 680 is a very fast dual core processor. In comparison to the Core i5 670, the clock is up 133 MHz, which translates to an improvement of 3.5% in performance. A little bit further down the range, you have the Core i5 661. Here, the difference is 4.8% in favour of the i5 680.

For the rest, the tech specs are the same: Hyper-threading shares the load across the two cores with the creation of two virtual cores while Turbo mode allows you to push the clock to 3.9 GHz if both cores are not fully used.


Of course, as with all i5 600s, there's a graphics part built onto the chip. This integrated "graphics card" can handle the computer display if it is equipped with a motherboard with an Intel H55 chipset. Don't expect to be able to do any gaming however as 3D capability is insufficient.

For a more thorough analysis, we point you towards the test for the Core i5 661.

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