What is i7 720qm?

The i7 720qm is a quad-core processor introduced by Intel in 2009. It has a base clock speed of 1.6 GHz and a maximum turbo frequency of 2.8 GHz. It uses the Nehalem architecture and is built on a 45nm manufacturing process. The processor has a TDP of 45 watts and supports both Hyper-Threading and Turbo Boost technologies. It has 6MB of L3 cache and supports DDR3 memory with a maximum capacity of 16GB. The i7 720qm was mainly used in high-end laptops and was positioned as a gaming and workstation processor.