We found out some quite surprising statistical data. According to Intel and something that it tells to its loyal partners, more than 50 percent of all boxed CPUs that the company plans to sell in Q1 2010 will be branded Pentium.

These chips are cheap and they make up most of Intel's volume. The Pentium brand almost completely phased out Celeron brand, as only some 5 percent of all desktop boxed CPUs that are planned to sell in Q1 will end up with the Celeron brand. Celeron dual-core is at some 6 percent of all boxed desktop CPUs.

Second most common brand is Core 2 Duo that is responsible for some twelve percent of all CPUs in Q1 2010 while Core 2 Quad grew to some seven percent of all desktop boxed CPUs.

Core i5 7xx series and Core i3 5xx series are responsible for some five percent each. Core i7 8xx ends up in two percent of all boxed desktop CPUs shipped while Core i7 9xx series will take some four percent of all CPUs sold.

These are approximate values taken from a graph, so we might be off by a percent or two here or there, as Intel hasn’t really made it crystal clear.

The Nehalem generation will have to put in a lot of effort to really make a difference and take much of this boxed market.