I don't know what a "major IMC" is but I can tell you that all i7 and i5 cpus have the exact same IMCs. You can expect the i7 to be 10% faster at the most due to the larger cache and higher clock rate. 5% with overclocking since the clock rate advantage goes away (they both scale to 4.3GHz equally well). Hardly worth a nearly $100 increase in price.
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-Ron Swanson
"I shall be a good politician, even if it kills me. Or if it kills anyone else for that matter. "
-Mark Antony