Westmere (microarchitecture)
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For other uses, see Westmere (disambiguation).
Westmere (formerly Nehalem-C) is the code name given to the 32 nm die shrink of Nehalem. While sharing the same CPU sockets, Westmere included Intel HD Graphics, while Nehalem did not.
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Launched | January 7, 2010; 14 years ago (January 7, 2010) |
Performance | |
Max. CPU clock rate | 1.06 GHz to 3.46 GHz |
QPI speeds | 4.80 GT/s to 6.40 GT/s |
DMI speeds | 2.50 GT/s |
Cache | |
L1 cache | 64 KB per core |
L2 cache | 256 KB per core |
L3 cache | 2 MB to 30 MB shared |
Architecture and classification | |
Microarchitecture | Nehalem |
Instruction set | x86-16, IA-32, x86-64 |
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GPUs | 533 MHz to 900 MHz 177M 45nm (K0) |
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History | |
Predecessor | Nehalem |
Successor | Sandy Bridge |
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The first Westmere-based processors were launched on January 7, 2010, by Intel Corporation.
The Westmere architecture has been available under the Intel brands of Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Pentium, Celeron and Xeon.