Cribbing a die shot: http://www.tweakpc.de/hardware/tests/cpu/intel_core_i5_760_benchmark_preview/i/lynnfield_layout.jpg http://www.tweakpc.de/hardware/tests/c

Cribbing a die shot: http://www.tweakpc.de/hardware/tests/cpu/intel_core_i5_760_benchmark_preview/i/lynnfield_layout.jpg http://www.tweakpc.de/hardware/tests/cpu/intel_core_i5_760_b... Notice the size of the L3. Now look at a core- each core is probably 50% L2 by area, and the L1 + branch predictor/prefetcher probably occupies another 25%.