List of Intel Core processors
The following is a list of Intel Core processors. This includes Intel's original Core mobile series based on the Enhanced Pentium M microarchitecture; as well as its Core 2–, Core i3–, Core i5–, Core i7–, Core i9–, Core M–, Core 3–, Core 5–, Core 7–, and Core 9–branded processors.
Desktop processors
Core 2
"Allendale" (65 nm, 800 MT/s">Front-side_bus#Transfer_rates">MT/s)
- All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, Intel 64, XD bit, Intel Active Management Technology
- Die size: 111 mm2
- Steppings: L2, M0, G0
Note: The E4700 uses G0 Stepping which makes it a Conroe CPU.
"Conroe" (65 nm, 1066 MT/s)
- All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, Intel 64, XD bit, Intel Active Management Technology
- All models support: Intel VT-x
- Die size: 143 mm2
- Steppings: B2, G0
Note: The L2 Stepping, and models with sSpec SL9ZL, SL9ZF, SLA4U, SLA4T, have better optimizations to lower idle power consumption from 22W to 12W.
Note: The M0 and G0 Steppings have better optimizations to lower idle power consumption from 12W to 8W.
"Conroe" (65 nm, 1333 MT/s)
- All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, Intel 64, XD bit, Intel Active Management Technology
- All models support: Intel VT-x
- All E6x50 models support: Intel VT-x, Trusted Execution Technology
- Die size: 143 mm2
- Transistor count: 291 million
- Steppings: B2, G0
Note: The L2 Stepping, and models with sSpec SL9ZL, SL9ZF, SLA4U, SLA4T, have better optimizations to lower idle power consumption from 22W to 12W.
Note: The M0 and G0 Steppings have better optimizations to lower idle power consumption from 12W to 8W.
"Conroe-CL" (65 nm, 1066 MT/s)
- All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, Intel 64, XD bit, Intel Active Management Technology, Intel VT-x, Trusted Execution Technology
- Die size: 111 mm2
- Steppings: ?
"Conroe XE" (65 nm)
- All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, Intel 64, XD bit, Intel Active Management Technology, Intel VT-x, Trusted Execution Technology
- Die size: 143 mm2
- Steppings: B1, B2
- The X6900 was never publicly released.
"Kentsfield" (65 nm)
- All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, Intel 64, XD bit, Intel Active Management Technology, Intel VT-x
- Die size: 2 ×143 mm2
- Steppings: B3, G0
"Kentsfield XE" (65 nm)
- All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, Intel 64, XD bit, Intel Active Management Technology, Intel VT-x
- Die size: 2 ×143 mm2
- Steppings: B3, G0
"Wolfdale-3M" (45 nm, 1066 MT/s)
- All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, Intel 64, XD bit, Intel Active Management Technology
- Die size: 82 mm2
- Transistor Count: 230 million
- Steppings: M0, R0
- Models with a part number ending in "ML" instead of "M" support Intel VT-x
"Wolfdale" (45 nm, 1333 MT/s)
- All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, Intel 64, XD bit, iAMT2, Intel VT-x, Intel VT-d, Trusted Execution Technology
- Die size: 107 mm2
- Transistor Count: 410 million
- Steppings: C0, E0
Note 2: E8700 is a very rare example in Intel's history where a model was yanked from Intel ARK without a recall notice and after a SSPEC was assigned. Working examples were seen, believed to have been released to OEM, but none was offered in retail PCs.
See also: Versions of the same Wolfdale core in an LGA 771 are available under the Dual-Core Xeon brand.
"Yorkfield-6M" (45 nm)
- All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, Intel 64, XD bit, Intel Active Management Technology, Intel VT-x, Intel VT-d, Trusted Execution Technology
- Die size: 2 × 82 mm2
- Steppings: M0, M1, R0
- All Q8xxx models are Yorkfield-6M MCMs with only 2 × 2 MB L2 cache enabled.
Note: Q8200, Q8200S, Q8300, Q8400, Q8400S, Q9500 does not support Intel VT-d.
Note: Q8200, Q8200S, Q8300, Q8400, Q8400S does not support TXT.
Yorkfield (45 nm)
- All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, Intel 64, XD bit, Intel Active Management Technology, Intel VT-x, Intel VT-d, Trusted Execution Technology
- Die size: 2 × 107 mm2
- The "S" suffix denotes to low power consumption specs with 65W TDP, equivalent to that of a standard Core 2 Duo. Supplied to OEM channels only and mostly seen as options for SFF platforms. The first batch of Q9550S has no "S" marking on lid, thus only differentiated by SSPEC.
- Steppings: C0, C1, E0
"Yorkfield XE" (45 nm)
- These models feature an unlocked clock multiplier
- All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, Intel 64, XD bit, Intel Active Management Technology, Intel VT-x
- I/O Acceleration Technology supported by: QX9775
- Intel VT-d supported by: QX9650
- Die size: 2 × 107 mm2
- Steppings: C0, C1, E0
- The QX9750 was never publicly released. Engineering samples have surfaced along with claims that Intel gave them away to employees sometime in 2009.
Core i (1st gen)
Lynnfield
Common features:- Socket: LGA 1156.
- All the CPUs support dual-channel DDR3 RAM at up to 1333 MT/s speed.
- All CPU models provide 16 lanes of PCIe 2.0.
- All CPUs feature a DMI 1.0 bus to the chipset.
- No integrated graphics.
- L1 cache: 64 KB per core.
- L2 cache: 256 KB per core.
- Fabrication process: 45 nm.
- K-suffix processors have an unlocked multiplier and can be overclocked.
Bloomfield
- Socket: LGA 1366.
- All the CPUs support triple-channel DDR3 RAM, at up to 1066 MT/s speed.
- PCIe lanes are provided by the northbridge on the motherboard rather than by the CPU.
- All CPUs feature a QPI bus to the chipset.
- * Bus speed is 4.8 GT/s on all the processors except for the Extreme Edition models, which run at 6.4 GT/s.
- No integrated graphics.
- L1 cache: 64 KB per core.
- L2 cache: 256 KB per core.
- Fabrication process: 45 nm.
- Extreme Edition processors have an unlocked multiplier and can be overclocked.
Clarkdale32 nm dual-core)">
- Socket: LGA 1156.
- All the CPUs support dual-channel DDR3 RAM, at up to 1333 MT/s speed.
- All CPU models provide 16 lanes of PCIe 2.0.
- All CPUs feature a DMI 1.0 bus to the chipset.
- L1 cache: 64 KB per core.
- L2 cache: 256 KB per core.
- Fabrication process: 32 nm.
- K-suffix processors have an unlocked multiplier and can be overclocked.
Gulftown
- Socket: LGA 1366.
- All the CPUs support triple-channel DDR3 RAM, at up to 1066 MT/s speed.
- PCIe lanes are provided by the northbridge on the motherboard rather than by the CPU.
- All CPUs feature a QPI bus to the chipset.
- * Bus speed is 4.8 GT/s on all the processors except for the X-suffix models, which run at 6.4 GT/s.
- No integrated graphics.
- L1 cache: 64 KB per core.
- L2 cache: 256 KB per core.
- Fabrication process: 32 nm.
- X-suffix processors have an unlocked multiplier and can be overclocked.
Core i (2nd gen)
Sandy Bridge-DT
Common features:- Socket: LGA 1155.
- All the CPUs support dual-channel DDR3 RAM, at up to 1333 MT/s speed.
- All CPU models provide 16 lanes of PCIe 2.0.
- All CPUs feature a DMI 2.0 bus to the chipset.
- L1 cache: 64 KB per core.
- L2 cache: 256 KB per core.
- Fabrication process: 32 nm.
- K-suffix processors have an unlocked multiplier and can be overclocked.
- i3-2120, i5-2400, and i7-2600 are available as embedded processors.
- The Core i3-2102, once upgraded via Intel Upgrade Service, operates at 3.6 GHz, has 3 MB L3 cache and is recognized as Core i3-2153.
Core i (3rd gen)
Ivy Bridge-DT
Common features:- Socket: LGA 1155.
- All the CPUs support dual-channel DDR3 RAM, at up to 1600 MT/s speed.
- All CPU models provide 16 lanes of PCIe. i5 and up models support it at PCIe 3.0 speeds while i3 models support it at PCIe 2.0 speeds.
- All CPUs feature a DMI 2.0 bus to the chipset.
- L1 cache: 64 KB per core.
- L2 cache: 256 KB per core.
- Fabrication process: 22 nm.
- K-suffix processors have an unlocked multiplier and can be overclocked.
- i3-3220, i5-3550S and i7-3770 are available as embedded processors.