Originally Posted by
Smoogels
A lot of this is incorrect.
It does not produce more heat when overclocked. It has problems shifting the heat because of the IHS is not as good as the Sandybridge. If you have good cooling it's not a problem, plus the 10% faster performance means you can do a less overclock to reach the same performance of a SB overclock.
It also does not drain more power when overclocked and it overclocks the same way as a SB. Ivy Bridge uses less power and uses 22nm technology.
The ivy bridge also makes use of PCIE 3, which Sandybridge do not.