Useful references

Processor core names

CPUID dumps

Intel camp

Intel uses a tick-tock development model. Each tick (2-year) is a shrinking of fabrication process technology and each tock (2-year) is a new microarchitecture.

Family 15, Model 1 = 180 nm Pentium 4/Netburst (Willamette)
Family 15, Model 2 = 130 nm Pentium 4/Netburst (Northwood)
Family 15, Model 3 = 90 nm Pentium 4/Netburst (Prescott)
Family 15, Model 4 = 90 nm Pentium 4/Netburst (Irwindale)
Family 15, Model 6 = 65 nm Pentium 4/Netburst (Cedar Mill)
Family 6, Model 15 (0Fh) = Merom
Family 6, Model 23 (17h) = Penryn
Family 6, Model 26 (1Ah) = 45 nm Core i7 and Xeon (Nehalem)
Family 6, Model 28 (1Ch) = 45 nm Atom (Pineview)
Family 6, Model 30 (1Eh) = 45 nm Core i5/i7 and Xeon (Nehalem)
Family 6, Model 37 (25h) = 32 nm Core i3 (and mobile Core i5/i7) (Clarkdale)
Family 6, Model 42 (2Ah) = 32 nm Core i5/i7 (Sandy Bridge)
Family 6, Model 44 (2Ch) = 32 nm Core i7 and Westmere-EP
Family 6, Model 45 (2Dh) = Sandy Bridge-EP/E5
Family 6, Model 46 (2Eh) = Nehalem-EX
Family 6, Model 47 (2Fh) = Westmere-EX/E7
Family 6, Model 54 (36h) = 32 nm Atom (Cedarview)
Family 6, Model 58 (3Ah) = 22 nm Core i3/i5/i7 (Ivy Bridge)
Family 6, Model 60 (3Ch) = 22 nm Haswell
Family 6, Model 63 (3Fh) = 22 nm Haswell-E
Family 6, Model 70 (46h) = 22 nm Crystal Well
Family 6, Model 71 (47h) = 14 nm Broadwell
Family 6, Model 76 (4Ch) = 14 nm Braswell Celeron
Family 6, Model 77 (4Dh) = 22 nm Avoton Atom C2750
Family 6, Model 78 (4Eh) = 14 nm Skylake-U/Y
Family 6, Model 79 (4Fh) = 14 nm Broadwell-EP/E5 v4
Family 6, Model 79 (4Fh) = 14 nm Skylake
Family 6, Model 93 (5Dh) = 14 nm SOFIA Atom x3-C3230
Family 6, Model 94 (5Eh) = 14 nm Skylake
Family 6, Model 95 (5Fh) = 14 nm Goldmont Denverton
Family 6, Model 102 = 10 nm Cannon Lake (2018)
Family 6, Model 106,108 = 10 nm Ice Lake Server (2021)
Family 6, Model 122 = 14 nm Goldmont Plus Gemini Lake (2017)
Family 6, Model 125,126 = 10 nm Ice Lake Client (2019)
Family 6, Model 133 = 14 nm Knights Mill (2017)
Family 6, Model 138 = Tremont Lakefield
Family 6, Model 140,141 = 10nm Tiger Lake (2020)
Family 6, Model 142 = 14nm Amber Lake (2018)
Family 6, Model 143 = 7nm Sapphire Rapids
Family 6, Model 151,154 = 10nm Alder Lake (2021)
Family 6, Model 158 = Coffee Lake, Kaby Lake

See this picture (made by Hiroshige Goto) for the Intel x86 CPU evolution.

Before Coffee Lake

Coffee Lake (8th Gen)

Microarchitecture Feature size (nm) Desktop Server Features
Raptor Lake (13th Gen) Intel 7 (10 nm Enhanced SuperFin) (Q1 2023)

Performance core: Raptor Cove
Efficiency core: Gracemont

i5 [13600-series] (6 cores, 12 threads)
i7 [13700-series] (8 cores, 16 threads)
i9 [13900-series] (8 cores, 16 threads)
Alder Lake (12th Gen) Intel 7 (10 nm Enhanced SuperFin) (Q1 2022)

Performance core: Golden Cove
Efficiency core: Gracemont

i3 [12100/12300-series] (4 cores, 8 threads)
i5 [12400/12500/12600-series] (6 cores, 12 threads)
i7 [12700-series] (8 cores, 16 threads)
i9 [12900-series] (8 cores, 16 threads)
Sapphire Rapids DDR5
PCI Express 5.0
Tiger Lake (11th Gen) 10 nm++ "Willow Cove" (Q3 2020,Q1 2021,Q2 2021) i3 [1100G-series] (2 cores, 4 threads)
i5 [113xG-series] (4 cores, 8 threads)
i7 [116xG-series] (4 cores, 8 threads)
i9 [119xG-series] (4 cores, 8 threads)
CET (Control-flow Enforcement Technology)
Rocket Lake (11th Gen) 14 nm++++ "Cypress Cove" (Q2 2021) i5 [11400/11500/11600-series] (6 cores, 12 threads)
i7 [11700-series] (8 cores, 16 threads)
i9 [11900-series] (8 cores, 16 threads)
Ice Lake (10th Gen) 10 nm+ "Sunny Cove" (SNC) (Q3 2019, Q2 2020) i3 [1000G-series] (2 cores, 4 threads)
i5 [103xG-series] (4 cores, 8 threads)
i7 [106xG-series] (4 cores, 8 threads)
3rd Gen
Xeon Platinum 8300 series
Xeon Gold 5300/6300 series
Xeon Silver 4300 series
Cooper Lake 14 nm+++ "Cascade Lake" (Q2 2020) 3rd Gen
Xeon Platinum 8300 series
Xeon Gold 5300/6300 series
Comet Lake (10th Gen) 14 nm+++ "Skylake" (Q2 2020) i3 [10100/10300-series] (4 cores, 8 threads)
i5 [10400/10500/10600-series] (6 cores, 12 threads)
i7 [10700-series] (8 cores, 16 threads)
i9 [10900-series] (10 cores, 20 threads)
Cascade Lake 14 nm++ "Cascade Lake" (Q2 2019) 2nd Gen
Xeon Platinum 8200/9200 series
Xeon Gold 5200/6200 series
Xeon Silver 4200 series
Coffee Lake Refresh (9th Gen) 14 nm++ "Skylake" (Q2 2019) i3 [9100/9300-series] (4 cores)
i5 [9400/9500/9600-series] (6 cores)
i7 [9700-series] (8 cores)
i9 [9900-series] (8 cores, 16 threads)
Hardware mitigations against Meltdown/Spectre vulnerabilities
Cannon Lake (Skymont) 10 nm "Palm Cove" (May 2018) AVX-512
Coffee Lake (8th Gen) 14 nm++ "Skylake" (Oct 2017) i3 [8100/8300-series] (4 cores)
i5 [8400/8600-series] (6 cores)
i7 [8700-series] (6 cores)
Kaby Lake 14 nm+ "Skylake" (Aug 2016) i3 [7100/7300-series] (2 cores)
i5 [7400/7500/7600-series] (4 cores)
i7 [7700-series] (4 cores)
E3 [1200-series] v6 series (4 cores)
Skylake 14 "Skylake" (SKL) i5 [6600-series] (4 cores)
i7 [6700-series] (4 cores)
14 nm+, released in July 2017, 1st Gen
Xeon Platinum 8100 series
Xeon Gold 5100/6100 series
Xeon Silver 4100 series
MPX (Memory Protection Extensions), AVX 3.2 ("AVX-512F")
Broadwell 14 "Broadwell" (BDW) i5 [55/5600-series] (4 cores)
i7 [5700-series] (4 cores)
Broadwell-EP/E5 v4 [2600-series] (4 ~ 22 cores) ADX (Multi-Precision Add-Carry Instruction Extensions)
Haswell 22 "Haswell" (HSW) i5 [45/4600-series] (4 cores)
i7 [4700-series] (4 cores)
E3 [1200-series] (2,4 cores)
Haswell-EP/E5 v3 [16/2600-series] (4 ~ 18 cores)
TSX, AVX2
Sandy Bridge 22 "Ivy Bridge" (IVB) i5 [34/3500-series] (4 cores)
i7 [3700-series] (4 cores)
E3 [1200-series] (2,4 cores)
Ivy Bridge-EP/E5 v2 [16/2600-series] (4,6,8,10,12 cores)
Ivy Bridge-EX/E7 v2 [28/48/8800-series] (up to 15 cores)
Sandy Bridge 32 "Sandy Bridge" (SNB) i3 [2100-series] (2 cores)
i5 [23/24/2500-series] (2,4 cores)
i7 [26/27/38/3900-series] (4,6 cores)
Sandy Bridge/E3 [1200-series] (2,4 cores)
Sandy Bridge-EP/E5 ("Jaketown") [16/2600-series] (4,6,8 cores)
AVX
Nehalem 32 "Westmere" Clarkdale:
i3 [500-series] (2 cores)
i5 [600-series] (2 cores)
i7 [900-series] (6 cores)
Westmere-EP/Gulftown [5600-series] (4,6 cores)
Westmere-EX/E7 [2800/4800/8800-series] (6,8,10 cores)
AES instruction set, VMX unrestricted mode
Nehalem 45 "Nehalem" Lynnfield: i5 [700-series], i7 [800-series]
Bloomfield: i7 [900-series]
Nehalem-EP/Gainestown [5500-series] (4 cores)
Nehalem-EX/Beckton [6500/7500-series] (8 cores)

(EP=Efficient Performance, EX=EXpandable)

SSE4.2, QuickPath Interconnect
Core 45 "Penryn" Wolfdale (1,2 cores), Yorkfield (4 cores) Wolfdale (2 cores) [5200-series]
Harpertown [5400-series] (4 cores)
Dunnington [7400-series] (4,6 cores)
SSE4.1 (Penryn New Instructions)
Core 65 "Merom" Conroe (1,2 cores), Allendale (2 cores) Woodcrest [5100-series] (2 cores)
Kentsfield [3200-series]
Clovertown [5300-series]
Tigerton [7200/7300-series] (4 cores)
SSSE3 (Tejas/Merom New Instructions)
NetBurst 65 "Cedar Mill" Pentium D (2 cores) Tulsa [7100-series], Dempsey [5000-series]
NetBurst 90 "Prescott" Pentium 4 Nocona, Irwindale, ... 31 pipeline stages, SSE3 (Prescott New Instructions), 64-bit (Intel EM64T)
NetBurst 130 "Northwood" Pentium 4
NetBurst 180 "Willamette" Pentium 4 20 pipeline stages

Processor number suffix:

AMD camp

Family 6 = K7
Family 15 (0Fh) = K8
Family 16 (10h) = K10
Family 17 (11h) = Athlon/Sempron, Athlon/Sempron/Turion X2
Family 18 (12h) = Llano
Family 20 (14h) = Brazos/Bobcat
Family 21 (15h) = Bulldozer
Family 23 (17h) = Zen+, Zen 2
Family 24 (18h) = Hygon Dhyana
Family 25 (19h) = Zen 3

See this picture and this too (both made by Hiroshige Goto) for the AMD x86 CPU evolution.

Microarchitecture Feature size (nm) Desktop Server (EPYC)
Zen 4 TSMC N5 5 Ryzen 9 [79xx-series] (12,16 cores)
Ryzen 7 [77xx-series] (8 cores)
Ryzen 5 [76xx-series] (6 cores)
Zen 3 7 Threadripper [59xxWX-series] (12,16,24,32,64 cores)
Ryzen 9 [59xx-series] (12,16 cores)
Ryzen 7 [58xx-series] (8 cores)
Ryzen 5 [56xx-series] (6 cores)
Released in March 2021, 3rd Gen "Milan"
8~64 cores
Zen 2
(Matisse)
7 Threadripper [39xx-series] (24,32,64 cores)
Ryzen 9 [39xx-series] (12,16 cores)
Ryzen 7 [37/38xx-series] (8 cores)
Ryzen 5 [35/36xx-series] (6 cores)

Ryzen 9 [49xx-series] (12,16 cores)
Ryzen 7 [47/48xx-series] (8 cores)
Ryzen 5 [45/46xx-series] (6 cores)

Released in November 2018, 2nd Gen "Rome"
8~64 cores
Zen+
(Pinnacle Ridge)
12 Threadripper [29xx-series] (12,16,24,32 cores)
Ryzen 7 [27xx-series] (8 cores)
Ryzen 5 [26xx-series] (6 cores)
Zen
(Summit Ridge)
14 Threadripper [19xx-series] (8,12,16 cores)
Ryzen 7 [17xx/18xx-series] (8 cores)
Ryzen 5 [15xx/16xx-series] (4,6 cores)
Ryzen 3 [12xx/13xx-series] (4 cores)
Released in July 2017, 1st Gen "Naples"
8~32 cores

Microarchitecture Feature size (nm) Desktop Server Features
Excavator 28 Bristol Ridge (7th generation APU, 2016):
A10 [9600-series] (4 cores)
A12 [9700-series] (4 cores)
FX-9800 series (4 cores)

Carrizo (6th generation APU, 2015):
A6 [8500-series] (2 cores)
A8 [8600-series] (4 cores)
A10 [87/8800-series] (4 cores)
Pro-A12 [8800-series] (4 cores)
Athlon X4 [800-series] (4 cores)
FX 8800-series (4 cores)

Steamroller 28 Kaveri (4th generation APU, 2014):
A6 [7400-series] (2 cores)
A8 [7600-series] (4 cores)
A10 [77/7800-series] (4 cores)
Athlon X2 [400-series] (2 cores)
Athlon X4 [800-series] (4 cores)
Piledriver 32 Richland (3rd generation APU, 2013):
A6 [6400-series] (2 cores)
A8 [65/6600-series] (4 cores)
A10 [67/6800-series] (4 cores)
Athlon X2 [350/370-series] (2 cores)
Athlon X4 [750/760-series] (4 cores)

Trinity (2nd generation APU, 2012):
A4 [5300-series] (2 cores)
A6 [5400-series] (2 cores)
A8 [55/5600-series] (4 cores)
A10 [57/5800-series] (4 cores)
Athlon X2 [340-series] (2 cores)
Athlon X4 [740/750-series] (4 cores)

Vishera [FX 43/63/83/93/9500-series] (4,6,8 cores)

Abu Dhabi [6300-series] (2,4,8,16 cores) F16C, FMA3
Bulldozer 32 Zambezi [FX 41/61/8100-series] (4,6,8 cores) Interlagos [6200-series] (2,4,8,16 cores) XOP, FMA4
K10.5, "Llano" 32 1st generation APU (2011):
A4 [33/3400-series] (2 cores)
A6 [35/3600-series] (3,4 cores)
A8 [3800-series] (4 cores)
"Fusion" architecture (integrated graphics)
K10, Revision C,D 45 Phenom II (2,3,4,6 cores, 6 MB L3 cache)
Athlon II (2,4 cores, no L3 cache)
Shanghai [2300/8300-series] (Revision C, 4 cores, 6 MB L3 cache)
Istanbul [2400/8400-series] (Revision C, 6 cores, 6 MB L3 cache)
Magny-Cours [6100-series] (Revision D, 8,12 cores, 2x6 MB L3 cache)
Lisbon [4100-series] (Revision D, 4,6 cores, 6 MB L3 cache, HyperTransport 3.1)
K10 "Barcelona" 65 Phenom (3,4 cores, 2 MB L3 cache) Barcelona [2300/8300-series]
Budapest [1300-series] (4 cores, 2 MB L3 cache)

Barcelona and Budapest mark the beginning of the third-generation Opterons.

SSE4a (Phenom New Instructions)
K8, Revision G 65 Sempron, Athlon 64 X2
K8, Revision D,E,F 90 Athlon 64, Athlon 64 X2, Sempron Venus, Troy, Athens (1 core), Denmark, Italy, Egypt (2 cores)

Santa Ana [1200-series], Santa Rosa [2200/8200-series] (2 cores)

Santa Ana and Santa Rosa are second-generation Opterons.

SSE3
K8, "Athlon 64" 130 Athlon 64, Sempron Sledgehammer (1 core) x86-64
K7 130 Athlon (Thoroughbred, Barton, Thorton)

AMD Athlon chronology

Codename Features Release
Athlon (K7) Argon June 1999
Athlon XP (K7) Palomino
There is also Athlon MP for dual processing.
3DNow! Professional, SSE October 2001
Athlon XP (K7) Thoroughbred A/B June 2002
Athlon 64 (K8) Clawhammer/Newcastle x86-64, NX, Cool'n'Quiet April 2004
Athlon 64 (K8) Winchester 90 nm fabrication October 2004
Athlon 64 X2 (K8) Toledo Dual core May 2005
Athlon 64 X2 (K8) Brisbane 65 nm fabrication December 2006
Phenom X4 (K10) Agena SSE4a, quad-core, L3 cache November 2007
Phenom X3 (K10) Toliman Triple-core March 2008
Athlon X2 (K10) Kuma December 2008
Phenom II X4 (K10) Deneb 45 nm fabrication, 6 MB L3 cache January 2009
Athlon II X2 (K10) Regor June 2009
Athlon II X3 (K10) Rana October 2009
Athlon II X4 (K10) Propos September 2009
Phenom II X6 (K10) Thuban Hexa-core April 2010
Phenom II X4 (K10) Zosma June 2010