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Core i5 750

Intel desktop processor · Core i 1st gen · launched September 2009

Launch price
$196
≈ $302 in 2026 dollars
Blender 4.x render score
16
#290 of 290 scored desktop processors
Cores / threads
4 / 4
8 MB L3 cache
Rated power
95 W

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Launch price in today's dollars

The Core i5 750 launched at $196 in 2009. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $302 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 54% rise over 17 years. At its launch price that is 7.9 Blender points per $100.

Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2009 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.

Blender rendering score

Median score 16 (middle half of runs 15–17) across 7 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #290 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #6 of 6 in the Core i 1st gen.

This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.

Specifications

VendorIntel
SeriesCore i 1st gen
LaunchedSeptember 2009
Launch price$196 (1,000-unit price)
SocketLGA 1156
Cores / threads4 / 4
Base clock2.66 GHz
Boost clock3.2 GHz
L3 cache8 MB
Rated power95 W (TDP)
Tier5-series

The Intel 5-series over time

Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.

PartYearLaunch priceIn 2026 $Blender
Core i5 7502009$196$30216
Core i5 6502010$176$267
Core i5 6602010$196$297
Core i5 6612010$196$297
Core i5 6702010$284$431
Core i5 750S2010$259$393
Core i5 6802010$294$446
Core i5 655K2010$216$328
Core i5 7602010$205$311
Core i5 23002011$177$260
Core i5 24002011$184$27126
Core i5 2400S2011$195$287
Core i5 25002011$205$30227
Core i5 2500K2011$216$31830
Core i5 2500S2011$216$318
Core i5 2500T2011$216$318

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