Intel Core i3 Coffee Lake LGA1151 Processors

Experience powerful performance and seamless computing for your everyday tasks. That includes improved productivity, smooth streaming, and brilliant HD entertainment with immersive, full-screen 4K and 360-degree viewing.

See also Pentium GOLD, Core i5, Core i7 and Core i9 CPUs.

This new generation of processors extends all the capabilities users have come to love in Intel’s desktop platforms with advanced innovations that deliver exciting new features to immerse you in incredible experiences on a variety of form factors.

Exceptional Platform Performance

The Intel Core i3 processors redefine mainstream desktop PC performance with up to four cores for more processing power — that’s two more cores than the 7th generation Intel Core i3 processor family.

The new Intel Core i3 processor family delivers:

• An impressive portfolio of standard and unlocked systems for a broad range of usages and performance levels.
• New system acceleration when paired with Intel Optane memory to deliver amazing system responsiveness.
• DDR4 RAM memory technology support, which allows systems to have up to 64 GB of memory and up to 2400 MT/s memory transfer speeds.

Experience Amazing

Intel Core processor-based desktop platforms are loaded with new and enhanced features to deliver amazing experiences that five-year-old systems can’t handle.

Ultra-high Definition Entertainment

To play premium movie streams in stunning 4K UHD, get an advanced platform that supports the latest media technologies enabling today’s great entertainment. Desktop computers based on the Intel Core processors integrate advanced media technologies that bring premium, high-quality content to your desktop, including:

• HEVC 10-bit encode/decode, VP9 10-bit decode.
• Delivering smooth streaming of premium 4K UHD entertainment to your PC from leading online providers.
• Providing full-size, screen-immersive viewing experiences with 4K video and 360-degree viewing.
• Enabling incredible 4K video creation and sharing with ease.
• High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Rec. 2020 (Wide Color Gamut) for life-like luminesces to provide enhanced image and video viewing experiences.
• Intel Quick Sync Video technology to accelerate most video capabilities, allowing users to create and share in real-time and multitask without interruption.

Ultimate Protection Built Into the Silicon

The Intel Core processors integrate hardware-level technologies that strengthen the protection of your enabled security software. Hardware-based security helps you experience online and offline activities with peace of mind, enabled by features that include:

• Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX)1 to help applications protect your system and your data.
• Intel BIOS Guard and Intel® Boot Guard to help protect your system during startup.

Scalable Portfolio of Processors

The Intel Core processor family is a great investment in your desktop experiences—whether for gaming, entertainment, or general-purpose computing wherever your life takes you. From the jaw-dropping performance of the Intel Core i7 processors with eight cores to the practical capabilities of the Intel Core i3 processor, Intel’s generation of desktop processors fits a wide range of budgets and needs. Whether you’re a performance-hungry professional, an exceptional enthusiast, or a first-time buyer, there is an Intel Core processor that will enable the experiences you seek. If form factor is your priority, the Intel Core processor family offers a range of processors designed for desktop PCs from high- performance gaming towers, to slick, and stylish all-in-ones, to compact living room minis.

Prepare to be Amazed with Intel’s Core Desktop Processor Family

The Intel Core processors are raising the bar of desktop computing with innovations to drive exciting experiences, capabilities, and form factors. Experience all the amazing things you and a new Intel Core processor powered PC can do.