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Topside of a Core i7-970 | |
| General information | |
|---|---|
| Launched | January 7, 2010; 16 years ago (January 7, 2010) |
| Performance | |
| Max.CPUclock rate | 1.06 GHz to 4.40 GHz |
| QPI speeds | 4.80 GT/s to 6.40 GT/s |
| DMI speeds | 2.50 GT/s |
| Physical specifications | |
| Transistors |
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| Cores |
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| GPUs | 533 MHz to 900 MHz 177M45nm (K0) |
| Sockets | |
| Cache | |
| L1cache | 64 KB per core |
| L2 cache | 256 KB per core |
| L3 cache | 2 to 30 MB shared |
| Architecture and classification | |
| Microarchitecture | Nehalem |
| Instruction set | x86-16,IA-32,x86-64 |
| Extensions | |
| Products, models, variants | |
| Model |
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| History | |
| Predecessor | Nehalem |
| Successor | Sandy Bridge |
| Support status | |
| Unsupported | |

Westmere (formerlyNehalem-C) is aCPUmicroarchitecture developed byIntel. It is a32 nmdie shrink of its predecessor,Nehalem, and shares the sameCPU sockets with it. Some Westmere models haveintegrated graphics processors, branded asIntel HD Graphics, that supportDirectX 10.1 andOpenGL 2.1 API.
The firstWestmere-based processors were released on January 7, 2010. They were labeled under Intel'sCore,Pentium,Celeron, andXeon brandings.
Westmere's feature improvements from Nehalem, as reported, include:
| Cache | Page size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Level | 4 KB | 2 MB | 1 GB |
| DTLB | 1st | 64 | 32 | N/a |
| ITLB | 1st | 128 | 7 / logical core | N/a |
| STLB | 2nd | 512 | none | none |
| Processing cores (memory interface) | Process | Die size | CPUID | Model | Stepping | Mobile | Desktop, UP server | DP server | MP server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ten-Core (Quad-channel)[6] | 32 nm | 513 mm2 | 206F2 | 47 | A2 | Westmere-EX (80615) | |||
| Six-Core (Triple-Channel) | 32 nm | 248 mm2 | 206C0 (ES/QS), 206C1 (ES/QS), 206C2 | 44 | A0, B0, B1 | Gulftown (80613) | Westmere-EP (80614) | ||
| Dual-Core (Dual-Channel, PCIe, Graphics Core) | 32 nm 45 nm (Integrated Graphics) | 114 mm2 +81 mm2 | 20652 20655 | 37 | C2 K0 | Arrandale (80617) | Clarkdale (80616) |

| Codename | Market | Cores / threads | Socket | Processor branding & model | Clock rate | Turbo | TDP | Interfaces | L3 cache | Release date | Price | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | GPU | Chipset | Memory | |||||||||||
| Westmere-EX[9] | MP Server | 10 (20) | LGA 1567 | Xeon | E7-8870 | 2.4 GHz | N/a | Yes | 130 W | 4× QPI 6.4 GT/s | 4× DDR3-1066 | 30 MB | 2011-04-05[10] | $4616 |
| E7-4870 | $4394 | |||||||||||||
| E7-2870 | $4227 | |||||||||||||
| E7-8867L | 2.13 GHz | 105 W | $4172 | |||||||||||
| E7-8860 | 2.26 GHz | 130 W | 24 MB | $4061 | ||||||||||
| E7-4860 | $3838 | |||||||||||||
| E7-2860 | $3670 | |||||||||||||
| E7-8850 | 2 GHz | $3059 | ||||||||||||
| E7-4850 | $2837 | |||||||||||||
| E7-2850 | $2558 | |||||||||||||
| 8 (8) | E7-8837 | 2.66 GHz | $2280 | |||||||||||
| 8 (16) | E7-8830 | 2.13 GHz | 105 W | |||||||||||
| E7-4830 | $2059 | |||||||||||||
| E7-2830 | $1779 | |||||||||||||
| E7-4820 | 2 GHz | 4× QPI 5.86 GT/s | 18 MB | $1446 | ||||||||||
| E7-2820 | $1334 | |||||||||||||
| 6 (12) | E7-4807 | 1.86 GHz | No | 95 W | 4× QPI 4.8 GT/s | 4× DDR3-800 | $890 | |||||||
| E7-2803 | 1.73 GHz | 105 W | $774 | |||||||||||
| Westmere-EP | DP Server | 2 (4) | LGA 1366 | Xeon | X5698[11] | 4.4 GHz | N/a | No | 130 W | 2× QPI 6.4GT/s | 3× DDR3-1333 | 12 MB | Q1 2011 | OEM |
| 6 (12) | X5690 | 3.46 GHz | Yes | 2011-02-13 | $1663 | |||||||||
| X5680 | 3.33 GHz | 2010-03-16 | ||||||||||||
| X5679 | 3.2 GHz | 115 W | 2011-02-13 | OEM | ||||||||||
| X5675 | 3.06 GHz | 95 W | $1440 | |||||||||||
| X5670 | 2.93 GHz | 2010-03-16 | ||||||||||||
| X5660 | 2.8 GHz | $1219 | ||||||||||||
| X5650 | 2.66 GHz | $996 | ||||||||||||
| E5649 | 2.53 GHz | 80 W | 2× QPI 5.86 GT/s | 2011-02-13 | $774 | |||||||||
| E5645 | 2.4 GHz | 2010-03-16 | $551 | |||||||||||
| L5645 | 60 W | 2011-02-13 | OEM | |||||||||||
| L5640 | 2.26 GHz | 2010-03-16 | $996 | |||||||||||
| L5639 | 2.13 GHz | 2011-02-13 | OEM | |||||||||||
| L5638 | 2.0 GHz | 2010-03-16 | $958 | |||||||||||
| 4 (8) | X5687 | 3.6 GHz | 130 W | 2× QPI 6.4 GT/s | 2011-02-13 | $1663 | ||||||||
| X5677 | 3.46 GHz | 2010-03-16 | ||||||||||||
| X5672 | 3.2 GHz | 95 W | 2011-02-13 | $1440 | ||||||||||
| X5667 | 3.06 GHz | 2010-03-16 | ||||||||||||
| X5647 | 2.93 GHz | 130 W | 2× QPI 5.86 GT/s | 3× DDR3-1066 | 2011-02-13 | $774 | ||||||||
| E5640 | 2.66 GHz | 80 W | 2010-03-16 | |||||||||||
| E5630 | 2.53 GHz | $551 | ||||||||||||
| E5620 | 2.4 GHz | $387 | ||||||||||||
| L5630 | 2.13 GHz | 40 W | $551 | |||||||||||
| L5618 | 1.86 GHz | $530 | ||||||||||||
| 4 (4) | L5609 | 1.86 GHz | No | 2× QPI 4.8 GT/s | $440 | |||||||||
| E5607 | 2.26 GHz | 80 W | 8 MB | 2011-02-13 | $276 | |||||||||
| E5606 | 2.13 GHz | $219 | ||||||||||||
| E5603 | 1.6 GHz | 4 MB | $188 | |||||||||||
| Gulftown[12] | UP Server | 6 (12) | Xeon | W3690 | 3.46 GHz | N/a | Yes | 130 W | 1× QPI 6.4GT/s | 3×DDR3-1333 | 12 MB | 2011-02-13[13] | $999 | |
| W3680 | 3.33 GHz | 2010-03-16[14] | $999 | |||||||||||
| W3670 | 3.20 GHz | 1× QPI 4.8 GT/s | 3× DDR3-1066 | 2010-08-29 | $885 | |||||||||
| Extreme / Performance Desktop | Core i7 Extreme | 990X | 3.46 GHz | 1× QPI 6.4 GT/s | 2011-02-13 | $999 | ||||||||
| 980X | 3.33 GHz | 2010-03-16 | ||||||||||||
| Core i7 | 980 | 1× QPI 4.8 GT/s | 2011-06-26 | $583 | ||||||||||
| 970 | 3.20 GHz | 2010-07-17 | $583 | |||||||||||
| Clarkdale[15] | UP Server | 2 (4) | LGA 1156 | Xeon | L3406 | 2.26 GHz | N/a | Yes | 30 W | DMI | 2× DDR3-1066 | 4 MB | 2010-03-16 | $189 |
| 2 (2) | L3403 | 2.0 GHz | 2010-10 | OEM | ||||||||||
| Mainstream / Value Desktop | 2 (4) | Core i5 | 680 | 3.6 GHz | 733 MHz | 73 W | 2× DDR3-1333 | 2010-04-18 | $294 | |||||
| 670 | 3.46 GHz | 2010-01-07 | $284 | |||||||||||
| 661 | 3.33 GHz | 900 MHz | 87 W | $196 | ||||||||||
| 660 | 733 MHz | 73 W | ||||||||||||
| 655K | 3.2 GHz | 2010-05-30 | $216 | |||||||||||
| 650 | 2010-01-07 | $176 | ||||||||||||
| Core i3 | 560 | 3.33 GHz | No | 2010-08-29 | $138 | |||||||||
| 550 | 3.20 GHz | 2010-05-30 | ||||||||||||
| 540 | 3.06 GHz | 2010-01-07 | $133 | |||||||||||
| 530 | 2.93 GHz | $113 | ||||||||||||
| 2 (2) | Pentium | G6960 | 533 MHz | 2× DDR3-1066 | 3 MB | 2011-01-09 | $89 | |||||||
| G6951 | 2.8 GHz | Q3 2010 | OEM | |||||||||||
| G6950 | 2010-01-07 | $87 | ||||||||||||
| Celeron | G1101 | 2.26 GHz | 2 MB | $70 | ||||||||||
| Codename | Market | Cores / Threads | Socket | Processor Branding & model | Core | GPU | Turbo | TDP | Chipset | Memory | L3 cache | Release Date | Price | |
| Clock rate | Interfaces | |||||||||||||
| Codename | Market | Cores / threads | Processor branding & model | CPUClock rate | GPUclock rate | Turbo | TDP | Memory | L3 cache | Interface | Release date | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Turbo (1C/2C active cores ) | |||||||||||||
| Arrandale | Mainstream / Value Mobile | 2 (4) | Core i7 | 640M | 2.8 GHz | 3.46/3.2 GHz | 766 MHz | Yes | 35 W | 2× DDR3-1066 | 4 MB | * DMI *PCIe 1 x16 * Socket: μPGA-988 / BGA-1288 | 2010-09-26 | $346 |
| 620M | 2.66 GHz | 3.33/3.06 GHz | 2010-01-07 | $332 | ||||||||||
| 610E | 2.53 GHz | 3.2/2.93 GHz | ||||||||||||
| 660LM | 2.26 GHz | 3.06/2.8 GHz | 566 MHz | 25 W | 2010-09-26 | $346 | ||||||||
| 640LM | 2.13 GHz | 2.93/2.66 GHz | 2010-01-07 | $332 | ||||||||||
| 620LM / 620LE | 2.0 GHz | 2.8/2.53 GHz | $300 | |||||||||||
| 680UM | 1.46 GHz | 2.53/2.16 GHz | 500 MHz | 18 W | 2× DDR3-800 | 2010-09-26 | $317 | |||||||
| 660UM / 660UE | 1.33 GHz | 2.4/2.0 GHz | 2010-05-25 | |||||||||||
| 640UM | 1.2 GHz | 2.26/1.86 GHz | 2010-01-07 | $305 | ||||||||||
| 620UM / 620UE | 1.06 GHz | 2.13/1.76 GHz | $278 | |||||||||||
| Core i5 | 580M | 2.66 GHz | 3.33/2.93 GHz | 766 MHz | 35 W | 2× DDR3-1066 | 3 MB | 2010-09-26 | $266 | |||||
| 560M | 3.2/2.93 GHz | $225 | ||||||||||||
| 540M | 2.53 GHz | 3.06/2.8 GHz | 2010-01-07 | $257 | ||||||||||
| 520M / 520E | 2.4 GHz | 2.93/2.66 GHz | $225 | |||||||||||
| 560UM | 1.33 GHz | 2.13/1.86 GHz | 500 MHz | 18 W | 2× DDR3-800 | 2010-09-26 | $250 | |||||||
| 540UM | 1.2 GHz | 2.0/1.73 GHz | 2010-05-25 | |||||||||||
| 520UM | 1.06 GHz | 1.86/1.6 GHz | 2010-01-07 | $241 | ||||||||||
| 480M | 2.66 GHz | 2.93/2.93 GHz | 766 MHz | 35 W | 2× DDR3-1066 | 2011-01-09 | OEM | |||||||
| 460M | 2.53 GHz | 2.8/2.8 GHz | 2010-09-26 | |||||||||||
| 450M | 2.4 GHz | 2.66/2.66 GHz | 2010-06-26 | |||||||||||
| 430M | 2.26 GHz | 2.53/2.53 GHz | 2010-01-07 | |||||||||||
| 470UM | 1.33 GHz | 1.86/1.6 GHz | 500 MHz | 18 W | 2× DDR3-800 | 2010-10-01 | ||||||||
| 430UM | 1.2 GHz | 1.73/1.46 GHz | 2010-05-25 | |||||||||||
| Core i3 | 390M | 2.66 GHz | n/a | 667 MHz | No | 35 W | 2× DDR3-1066 | 2011-01-09 | ||||||
| 380M | 2.53 GHz | 2010-09-26 | ||||||||||||
| 370M | 2.4 GHz | 2010-06-20 | ||||||||||||
| 350M | 2.26 GHz | 2010-01-07 | ||||||||||||
| 330M / 330E | 2.13 GHz | |||||||||||||
| 380UM | 1.33 GHz | 500 MHz | 18 W | 2× DDR3-800 | 2010-10-01 | |||||||||
| 330UM | 1.2 GHz | 2010-05-25 | ||||||||||||
| 2 (2) | Pentium | P6300 | 2.26 GHz | 667 MHz | 35 W | 2× DDR3-1066 | 2011-01-09 | |||||||
| P6200 | 2.13 GHz | 2010-09-26 | ||||||||||||
| P6100 | 2.0 GHz | |||||||||||||
| P6000 | 1.86 GHz | 2010-06-20 | ||||||||||||
| U5600 | 1.33 GHz | 500 MHz | 18 W | 2× DDR3-800 | 2011-01-09 | |||||||||
| U5400 | 1.2 GHz | 2010-05-25 | ||||||||||||
| Celeron | P4600 | 2.0 GHz | 667 MHz | 35 W | 2× DDR3-1066 | 2 MB | 2010-09-26 | $86 | ||||||
| P4500 / P4505 | 1.86 GHz | 2010-03-28 | OEM | |||||||||||
| U3600 | 1.2 GHz | 500 MHz | 18 W | 2× DDR3-800 | 2011-01-09 | $134 | ||||||||
| U3400 / U3405 | 1.06 GHz | 2× DDR3-800 / 1066 | 2010-05-25 | OEM | ||||||||||
The successor toNehalem andWestmere isSandy Bridge.