10 nm	Tremont
130 nm	Tualatin
14 nm	Airmont
180 nm	Coppermine
22 nm	Silvermont
250 nm	Deschutes
32 nm	Saltwell
350 nm	Pentium Pro(166–200 MHz)
45 nm	Bonnell
500 nm	Pentium Pro(150 MHz)
65 nm	Yonah
90 nm	Dothan
Common manufacturer	Intel
Core names	ClarksfieldLynnfieldBloomfieldJasper ForestGainestown (Nehalem-EP)Beckton (Nehalem-EX)AubrurndaleHavendale
Cores	1-6 (1-8 Xeon)
Designed by	Intel
DMI speeds	2 GT/s
Extensions	VT-x, VT-d
Instruction set	x86-16, IA-32, x86-64
Instructions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Intel 18A	Arctic Wolf
Intel 3	Arrow Lake-U
Intel 4	Crestmont
Intel 7(10 nm ESF)	Gracemont
L1 cache	64 KB per core (32 KB data + 32 KB instructions)
L2 cache	256 KB per core
L3 cache	2 MB to 24 MB shared
Launched	November 11, 2008; 17 years ago (November 11, 2008)
Marketed by	Intel
Max. CPU clock rate	1.06 GHz to 3.33 GHz
Microarchitecture	Nehalem
Models	Core i5-7xxCore i7-8xxCore i7-9xx ExtremeXeon 3000/5000/7000Mobile Core i7-7xxQMMobile Core i7-8xxQMMobile Core i7-9xxXM Extreme
N3B (TSMC)	Skymont
NetBurst	Katmai
NetBurst(HT)	Pentium M
Predecessors	Core (tock)Penryn (tick)
Product code name	NHM
QPI speeds	4.80 GT/s to 6.40 GT/s
Sockets	LGA 1156LGA 1366LGA 1567μPGA 988
Successors	Westmere (tick)Sandy Bridge (tock)
Technology node	45 nm
Transistors	731M to 2300M 45 nm

Nehalem (microarchitecture)

Key specifications