Ivy Bridge 3720 QM reviewed - most likely CPU in stock 15"

[theSeb]

This chip is quite likely to be the replacement for the current 2.4GHz quad-core
Intel Core i7 in the 15" MBP and 17" (i.e. the higher-end stock model)

4 x 2.6 GHz
Max Turbo 3.6GHz
6MB L3
45W

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/core-i7-3720qm-ivy-bridge-mobile-ultrabook,review-32444.html

Ivy Bridge's impact on the mobile space is certainly more profound, though. That 22 nm adoption helps bring down power consumption, even as Intel's newest processors maintain similar performance. Moreover, a notebook is far more likely to exploit good-enough built-in graphics. By beefing up its GPU, HD Graphics 4000 proves capable enough to satisfy more of Intel's customers than any past effort. It's even capable of slogging through Battlefield 3 (albeit using low resolutions and modest quality settings).

Lower power, better compute performance, and faster graphics. Those are all massive boons to partners designing small, thin, and light mobile platforms based on Ivy Bridge.

Looking positive.

The 3820QM (as seen in the geekbench result rumour) will probably be the configure to order option.

 

[cmChimera]

I have an Arrandale i7. After reading that, I want this update badly.

 

[dusk007]

Badly? Why?
Power consumption seems to be even a little worse than Sandy Bridge. You might actually get worse battery life. HD 4000 is better but on a 15" you don't need that as HD 3000 is good enough for all things 2D and for anything else a 650M Kepler is much more interesting than this slightly faster CPU.