Check out Intel's two new 45nm Processors - E7500 and Q8300

AMD's Phenom II (also named Deneb) CPUs are on their way and big boys Intel have prepped up to eliminate them with ease - Intel is all set to launch two new processors, dual core E7500 and quad core Q8300.

E7500 should be out on January 18th 2009 and it be positioned above the E7400 dual-core clocked at 2.8GHz. Both E7500 and E7400 are based on a 45nm dual-core Wolfdale core and they should fit into the 65W TDP envelope. The Core 2 Duo E7500 will work at 2.93GHz, supports FSB 1066 and 3MB cache memory. It will sell for $133, while Core 2 Duo E7400 with the same specs and 2.8GHz clock will drop to $113.

Also making an entry is quad core Q8300, which is a 2.5GHz CPU with FSB 1333, but this time it has 4MB of L2 cache. It will be priced at $224, and it looks very similar to Core 2 Quad Q9300 as it works at the same clock and has the same FSB but the Q9300 has 6MB L2 cache and costs $266.

This CPU sits on top of Q8200 clocked at 2.33GHz with FSB 1333 and 4MB cache that is currently selling for $193 and the most famous 65nm quad-core Q6600 at its 2.4GHz clock, FSB 1066 and 7MB cache that is selling for $183 and represents Intel’s cheapest quad-core to date.

Meanwhile Core 2 Duo E8600 with 3.33GHz core clock, FSB 1333 and 6MB L2 cache will remain the fastest Core 2 to launch to this date but it will also cost $266 if you buy a thousand of them which is literally twice the price of E7400.

So many options - good luck with your Christmas shopping! :)