Intel uses a model named “Tick-Tock” to follow every microarchitectural change with a die shrink. This results in having two EVC baselines for every microarchitecture. I’ve created a small table with a quick overview about EVC Modes with their appropriate CPU Series and Codenames used by Intel to denote their CPUs. I’ve also included additional Codenames that may be used by Intel for special processors. The upcoming Haswell architecture is named, but not yet available or supported by VMware.
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| L0 | vSphere 4.0 | Merom | Core | Conroe Tigerton Woodcrest Clovertown Kentsfield |
Xeon 30xx Series Xeon 32xx Series Xeon 51xx Series Xeon 53xx Series Xeon 72xx Series Xeon 73xx Series |
| L1 | Penryn | Dunnington Harpertown Yorkfield Wolfdale |
Xeon 31xx Series Xeon 33xx Series Xeon 52xx Series Xeon 54xx Series Xeon 74xx Series |
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| L2 | Nehalem | Nehalem | Beckton Gainestown Bloomfield Lynnfield Clarksfield |
Xeon 34xx Lynnfield Xeon 35xx Series Xeon 55xx Series Xeon 65xx Series Xeon 75xx Series i3-2100 Series i3-3200 Series i7-2655-LE Series |
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| L3 | vSphere 4.1 | Westmere | Gulftown Clarkdale Arrandale |
Atom C2300 Series Atom C2500 Series Atom C2700 Series Core i7-620LE Xeon 34xx Clarkdale Xeon 36xx Series Xeon 56xx Series Xeon E7-2800 Series Xeon E7-4800 Series Xeon E7-8800 Series i3/i5 Clarkdale |
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| L4 | vSphere 5.0 | Sandy Bridge |
Sandy Bridge |
Pentium 1400 Series Xeon E3-1100 Series Xeon E3-1200 Series Xeon E5-1400 Series Xeon E5-1600 Series Xeon E5-2400 Series Xeon E5-2600 Series Xeon E5-4600 Series |
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| L5 | vSphere 5.1 | Ivy Bridge | Pentium B925C Xeon E3-1100-C-v2 Series Xeon E3-1200-v2 Series Xeon E5-1400-v2 Series Xeon E5-1600-v2 Series Xeon E5-2400-v2 Series Xeon E5-2600-v2 Series Xeon E5-4600-v2 Series Xeon E7-2800-v2 Series Xeon E7-4800-v2 Series Xeon E7-8800-v2 Series i7-3500-LE/UE i7-3600-QE |
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| L6 | vSphere 6.0 | Haswell | Haswell | E3-1200-v3 Series E5-1400-v3 Series E5-1600-v3 Series E5-2400-v3 Series E5-2600-v3 Series i3-4300 Series i5-4500-TE Series i7-4700-EQ Series |
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| L7 | vSphere 6.5 | Broadwell | Xeon E3-1200-v3 Series Xeon E5-1400-v3 Series Xeon E5-1600-v3 Series Xeon E5-2400-v3 Series Xeon E5-2600-v3 Series Xeon E5-4600-v3 Series Xeon E7-4800-v3 Series Xeon E7-8800-v3 Series i3-4300 Series i5-4500-TE Series i7-4700-EQ Series |
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| L8 | vSphere 6.7 | Skylake | Skylake | Xeon Bronze 3100 Series Xeon Silver 4100 Series Xeon Gold 5100 Series Xeon Gold 6100 Series Xeon Platinum 8100 Series Xeon E3-1200-v5 Series Xeon E3-1500-v5 Series |
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| Kaby Lake | Xeon E3-1200-v6 Series |
Intel CPU Series EVC Interoperability Matrix
| EVC L0 Merom |
EVC L1 Penryn |
EVC L2 Nehalem |
EVC L3 Westmere |
EVC L4 Sandy Bridge |
EVC L5 Ivy Bridge |
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Detailed CPU List
| EVC | Baseline | CPU List |
| L0 | Merom | 3040, 3050, 3050, 3060, 3065, 3070, 5110, 5113, 5120, 5128, 5130, 5133, 5138, 5140, 5148, 5150, 5160, E5310, E5320, E5335, E5345, E7210, E7220, E7310, E7320, E7330, E7340, L5310, L5318, L5320, L5335, L7345, X3210, X3220, X3230, X5355, X5365, X7350 |
| L1 | Penryn | E3110, E3120, E3120, E5205, E5220, E5405, E5410, E5420, E5430, E5440, E5450, E5462, E5472, E7420, E7430, E7440, E7450, L3110, L3360, L5215, L5240, L5410, L5420, L5430, L7445, L7455, X3320, X3330, X3350, X3360, X3370, X3380, X5260, X5270, X5272, X5450, X5460, X5470, X5472, X5482, X5492, X7460 |
| L2 | Nehalem | E5502, E5503, E5503, E5504, E5506, E5507, E5520, E5530, E5540, E6510, E6540, E7520, E7530, E7540, L3426, L5506, L5520, L5530, L7545, L7555, W3520, W3530, W3540, W3550, W3565, W3570, W3580, W5580, W5590, X3430, X3440, X3450, X3460, X3470, X3480, X5550, X5560, X5570, X6550, X7542, X7550, X7560 |
| L3 | Westmere | X5690, X5687, X5680, X5677, X5675, X5672, X5670, X5667, X5660, X5650, X5647, L5640, L5638, L5630, L5618, L5609, E5649, E5645, E5640, E5630, E5620, E5607, E5606, E5603, W3680, W3670, E7-8830, E7-8837, E7-8850, E7-8860, E7-8867L, E7-8870, E7-4807, E7-4820, E7-4830, E7-4850, E7-4860, E7-4870, E7-2803, E7-2820, E7-2830, E7-2850, E7-2860, E7-2870 |
| L4 | Sandy Bridge | E3-1220, E3-1220L, E3-1225, E3-1230, E3-1235, E3-1240, E3-1245, E3-1260L, E3-1270, E3-1275, E3-1280, E3-1290, E5-1428L, E5-1620, E5-1650, E5-1660, E5-2403, E5-2407, E5-2418L, E5-2420, E5-2428L, E5-2430, E5-2430L, E5-2440, E5-2448L, E5-2450, E5-2450L, E5-2470, E5-2603, E5-2609, E5-2620, E5-2630, E5-2630L, E5-2637, E5-2640, E5-2643, E5-2648L, E5-2650, E5-2650L, E5-2658, E5-2660, E5-2665, E5-2667, E5-2670, E5-2680, E5-2687W, E5-2690, E5-4603, E5-4607, E5-4610, E5-4617, E5-4620, E5-4640, E5-4650, E5-4650L, G440, G460, G465, G470, G530, G530T, G540, G540T, G550, G550T, G555, G620, G620T, G622, G630, G630T, G632, G640, G640T, G645, G645T, G840, G850, G860, G860T, G870, i3-2100, i3-2100T, i3-2102, i3-2105, i3-2120, i3-2120T, i3-2125, i3-2130, i3-2310E, i3-2310M, i3-2312M, i3-2328M, i3-2330E, i3-2330M, i3-2340UE, i3-2348M, i3-2350M, i3-2357M, i3-2365M, i3-2367M, i3-2370M, i3-2375M, i3-2377M, i5-2300, i5-2310, i5-2320, i5-2380P, i5-2390T, i5-2400, i5-2400S, i5-2405S, i5-2410M, i5-2430M, i5-2435M, i5-2450M, i5-2450P, i5-2467M, i5-2500, i5-2500K, i5-2500S, i5-2500T, i5-2510E, i5-2515E, i5-2520M, i5-2537M, i5-2540M, i5-2550K, i5-2557M, i7-2600, i7-2600K, i7-2600S, i7-2610UE, i7-2617M, i7-2620M, i7-2629M, i7-2630QM, i7-2635QM, i7-2637M, i7-2640M, i7-2649M, i7-2655LE, i7-2657M, i7-2670QM, i7-2675QM, i7-2677M, i7-2700K, i7-2710QE, i7-2715QE, i7-2720QM, i7-2760QM, i7-2820QM, i7-2860QM, i7-2920XM, i7-2960XM, i7-3820, i7-3930K, i7-3960X, i7-3970X, 807UE, 827E, 847E, B710, B720, B800, B810, B810E, B815, B820, B830, B840, B940, B950, B960, B970, B980 |
| L5 | Ivy Bridge | E3-1220LV2, E3-1220V2, E3-1225V2, E3-1230V2, E3-1240V2, E3-1245V2, E3-1265LV2, E3-1270V2, E3-1275V2, E3-1280V2, E3-1290V2, E5-1428LV2, E5-1620V2, E5-1650V2, E5-1660V2, E5-2403V2, E5-2407V2, E5-2418LV2, E5-2420V2, E5-2428LV2, E5-2430LV2, E5-2430V2, E5-2440V2, E5-2448LV2, E5-2450LV2, E5-2450V2, E5-2470V2, E5-2603V2, E5-2609V2, E5-2618LV2, E5-2620V2, E5-2628LV2, E5-2630LV2, E5-2630V2, E5-2637V2, E5-2640V2, E5-2643V2, E5-2648LV2, E5-2650LV2, E5-2650V2, E5-2658V2, E5-2660V2, E5-2667V2, E5-2670V2, E5-2680V2, E5-2687WV2, E5-2690V2, E5-2695V2, E5-2697V2, E5-4603V2, E5-4607V2, E5-4610V2, E5-4620V2, E5-4624LV2, E5-4627V2, E5-4640V2, E5-4650V2, E5-4657LV2, E7-2850V2, E7-2870V2, E7-2880V2, E7-2890V2, E7-4809V2, E7-4820V2, E7-4830V2, E7-4850V2, E7-4860V2, E7-4870V2, E7-4880V2, E7-4890V2, E7-8850V2, E7-8857V2, E7-8870V2, E7-8880LV2, E7-8880V2, E7-8890V2, E7-8891V2, E7-8893V2, G1610, G1610T, G1620, G1620T, G1630, G2010, G2020, G2020T, G2030, G2030T, G2100T, G2120, G2120T, G2130, G2140, i3-3110M, i3-3120M, i3-3120ME, i3-3130M, i3-3210, i3-3217U, i3-3217UE, i3-3220, i3-3220T, i3-3225, i3-3227U, i3-3229Y, i3-3240, i3-3240T, i3-3245, i3-3250, i3-3250T, i5-3210M, i5-3210M, i5-3230M, i5-3230M, i5-3317U, i5-3320M, i5-3330, i5-3330S, i5-3337U, i5-3339Y, i5-3340, i5-3340M, i5-3340S, i5-3350P, i5-3360M, i5-3380M, i5-3427U, i5-3437U, i5-3439Y, i5-3450, i5-3450S, i5-3470, i5-3470S, i5-3470T, i5-3475S, i5-3550, i5-3550S, i5-3570, i5-3570K, i5-3570S, i5-3570T, i5-3610ME, i7-3517U, i7-3517UE, i7-3520M, i7-3537U, i7-3540M, i7-3555LE, i7-3610QE, i7-3610QM, i7-3612QE, i7-3612QM, i7-3612QM, i7-3615QE, i7-3615QM, i7-3630QM, i7-3632QM, i7-3632QM, i7-3635QM, i7-3667U, i7-3687U, i7-3689Y, i7-3720QM, i7-3740QM, i7-3770, i7-3770K, i7-3770S, i7-3770T, i7-3820QM, i7-3840QM, i7-3920XM, i7-3940XM, i7-4820K, i7-4930K, i7-4960X, 1000M, 1005M, 1007U, 1017U, 1019Y, 1020E, 1020M, 1037U, 1047UE, 1405V2, 2020M, 2030M, 2117U, 2127U, 2129Y, 927UE, A1018 |
| L6 | Haswell | E3-1220 v3, E3-1220LV3, E3-1225V3, E3-1226V3, E3-1230 v3, E3-1230Lv3, E3-1231V3, E3-1240 v3, E3-1240LV3, E3-1241V3, E3-1245 v3, E3-1246V3, E3-1265Lv3, E3-1268LV3, E3-1270 v3, E3-1271V3, E3-1275 v3, E3-1275LV3, E3-1276V3, E3-1280 v3, E3-1281V3, E3-1285 v3, E3-1285Lv3, E3-1286LV3, E3-1286V3, E5-1428LV3, E5-1620V3, E5-1630V3, E5-1650V3, E5-1660V3, E5-1680V3, E5-2408LV3, E5-2418LV3, E5-2428LV3, E5-2438LV3, E5-2603V3, E5-2608LV3, E5-2609V3, E5-2618LV3, E5-2620V3, E5-2623V3, E5-2628LV3, E5-2630LV3, E5-2630V3, E5-2637V3, E5-2640V3, E5-2643V3, E5-2648LV3, E5-2650LV3, E5-2650V3, E5-2658AV3, E5-2658V3, E5-2660V3, E5-2667V3, E5-2670V3, E5-2680V3, E5-2683V3, E5-2687WV3, E5-2690V3, E5-2695V3, E5-2697V3, E5-2698V3, E5-2699V3, G1820, G1820T, G1820TE, G1830, G1840, G1840T, G1850, G3220, G3220T, G3240, G3240T, G3250, G3250T, G3258, G3320TE, G3420, G3420T, G3430, G3440, G3440T, G3450, G3450T, G3460, i3-4000M, i3-4005U, i3-4010U, i3-4010Y, i3-4012Y, i3-4020Y, i3-4025U, i3-4030U, i3-4030Y, i3-4100E, i3-4100M, i3-4100U, i3-4102E, i3-4110E, i3-4110M, i3-4112E, i3-4120U, i3-4130, i3-4130T, i3-4150, i3-4150T, i3-4158U, i3-4160, i3-4160T, i3-4330, i3-4330T, i3-4330TE, i3-4340, i3-4340TE, i3-4350, i3-4350T, i3-4360, i3-4360T, i3-4370, i5-4200H, i5-4200M, i5-4200U, i5-4200Y, i5-4202Y, i5-4210H, i5-4210M, i5-4210U, i5-4210Y, i5-4220Y, i5-4250U, i5-4258U, i5-4260U, i5-4278U, i5-4288U, i5-4300M, i5-4300U, i5-4300Y, i5-4302Y, i5-4308U, i5-4310M, i5-4310U, i5-4330M, i5-4340M, i5-4350U, i5-4360U, i5-4400E, i5-4402E, i5-4402EC, i5-4410E, i5-4422E, i5-4430, i5-4430S, i5-4440, i5-4440S, i5-4460, i5-4460S, i5-4460T, i5-4570, i5-4570S, i5-4570T, i5-4570TE, i5-4590, i5-4590S, i5-4590T, i5-4670, i5-4670K, i5-4670S, i5-4670T, i5-4690, i5-4690S, i5-4690T, i7-4500U, i7-4510U, i7-4550U, i7-4558U, i7-4578U, i7-4600M, i7-4600U, i7-4610M, i7-4610Y, i7-4650U, i7-4700EC, i7-4700EQ, i7-4700HQ, i7-4700MQ, i7-4702EC, i7-4702HQ, i7-4702MQ, i7-4710HQ, i7-4710MQ, i7-4712HQ, i7-4712MQ, i7-4720HQ, i7-4722HQ, i7-4765T, i7-4770, i7-4770K, i7-4770S, i7-4770T, i7-4770TE, i7-4771, i7-4785T, i7-4790, i7-4790S, i7-4790T, i7-4800MQ, i7-4810MQ, i7-4900MQ, i7-4910MQ, i7-4930MX, i7-4940MX, i7-5820K, i7-5930K, i7-5960X, 2000E, 2002E, 2950M, 2955U, 2957U, 2961Y, 2970M, 2980U, 2981U, 3550M, 3556U, 3558U, 3560M, 3560Y, 3561Y |
| L7 | Broadwell | i7-5950HQ, i7-5850HQ, i7-5850EQ, i7-5750HQ, i7-5700EQ, i7-5700HQ, i7-5775R, i7-5775C, i7-5650U, i7-5600U, i7-5557U, i7-5550U, i7-5500U, i5-5675R, i5-5675C, i5-5575R, i5-5350U, i5-5350H, i5-5300U, i5-5287U, i5-5257U, i5-5250U, i5-5200U, i3-5157U, i3-5020U, i3-5015U, i3-5010U, i3-5005U, 5Y71, 5Y70, 5Y51, 5Y31, 5Y10c, 5Y10a, 5Y10, D1519, D1517, D1509, D1508, D1507, 3805U, 3825U, 3765U, 3755U, 3215U, 3205U, E7-8894V4, E7-8893V4, E7-8891V4, E7-8890V4, E7-8880V4, E7-8870V4, E7-8867V4, E7-8860V4, E7-4850V4, E7-4830V4, E7-4820V4, E7-4809V4, E5-4669V4, E5-4667V4, E5-4660V4, E5-4655V4, E5-4650V4, E5-4640V4, E5-4628LV4, E5-4627V4, E5-4620V4, E5-4610V4, E5-2699AV4, E5-2699RV4, E5-2699V4, E5-2698V4, E5-2697V4, E5-2697AV4, E5-2695V4, E5-2690V4, E5-2687WV4, E5-2683V4, E5-2680V4, E5-2667V4, E5-2660V4, E5-2658V4, E5-2650V4, E5-2650LV4, E5-2648LV4, E5-2643V4, E5-2640V4, E5-2637V4, E5-2630V4, E5-2630LV4, E5-2628LV4, E5-2623V4, E5-2620V4, E5-2618LV4, E5-2609V4, E5-2608LV4, E5-2603V4, E5-1680V4, E5-1660V4, E5-1650V4, E5-1630V4, E5-1620V4, E3-1285LV4, E3-1285V4, E3-1278LV4, E3-1265LV4, E3-1258LV4, D-1577, D-1571, D-1567, D-1559, D-1557, D-1553N, D-1548, D-1543N, D-1541, D-1540, D-1539, D-1537, D-1533N, D-1531, D-1529, D-1528, D-1527, D-1523N, D-1521, D-1520, D-1518, D-1513N |
| L8 | Skylake | i9-7980XE, i9-7960X, i9-7940X, i9-7920X, i9-7900X, i7-7820X, i7-7800X, i7-6970HQ, i7-6920HQ, i7-6870HQ, i7-6822EQ, i7-6820HQ, i7-6820HK, i7-6820EQ, i7-6785R, i7-6700K, i7-6700T, i7-6700TE, i7-6700, i7-6770HQ, i7-6700HQ, i7-6660U, i7-6650U, i7-6600U, i7-6567U, i7-6560U, i7-6500U, i5-6600, i5-6685R, i5-6600K, i5-6600T, i5-6585R, i5-6500, i5-6500T, i5-6500TE, i5-6402P, i5-6400, i5-6400T, i5-6440EQ, i5-6440HQ, i5-6442EQ, i5-6360U, i5-6350HQ, i5-6300HQ, i5-6300U, i5-6200U, i5-6260U, i5-6267U, i5-6287U, i3-6300, i3-6300T, i3-6320, i3-6100E, i3-6100H, i3-6100U, i3-6102E, i3-6157U, i3-6167U, i3-6100, i3-6100T, i3-6100TE, i3-6006U, i3-6098P, M7-6Y75, M5-6Y57, M5-6Y54, M3-6Y30, G4500, G4500T, G4520, G4400, G4400T, G4400TE, 4405Y, 4405U, G3920, G3902E, G3900TE, G3900E, G3900T, G3900, 3955U, 3855U, 8180M, 8180, 8176M, 8176F, 8176, 8170M, 8170, 8168, 8164, 8160T, 8160M, 8160F, 8160, 8158, 8156, 8153, 6154, 6152, 6150, 6148F, 6148, 6146, 6144, 6142M, 6142F, 6142, 6140M, 6140, 6138T, 6138F, 6138, 6136, 6134M, 6134, 6132, 6130T, 6130F, 6130, 6128, 6126T, 6126F, 6126, 5122, 5120T, 5120, 5119T, 5118, 5115, 4116T, 4116, 4114T, 4114, 4112, 4110, 4109T, 4108, 3106, 3104, E3-1585V5, E3-1585LV5, E3-1578LV5, E3-1575MV5, E3-1565LV5, E3-1558LV5, E3-1545MV5, E3-1535MV5, E3-1515MV5, E3-1505MV5, E3-1505LV5, E3-1280V5, E3-1275V5, E3-1270V5, E3-1268LV5, E3-1260LV5, E3-1245V5, E3-1240LV5, E3-1240V5, E3-1235LV5, E3-1230V5, E3-1225V5, E3-1220V5, W-2123, W-2125, W-2133, W-2135, W-2145, W-2155, W-2195 |
| N/A | Kaby Lake | i7-7740X, i5-7640X, i7-7920HQ, i7-7820HQ, i7-7820HK, i7-7820EQ, i7-7700HQ, i7-7700, i7-7700K, i7-7700T, i7-7660U, i7-7600U, i7-7567U, i7-7560U, i7-7500U, i7-7Y75, i5-7600K, i5-7600T, i5-7600, i5-7500, i5-7500T, i5-7442EQ, i5-7440HQ, i5-7440EQ, i5-7400T, i5-7400, i5-7360U, i5-7300U, i5-7300HQ, i5-7287U, i5-7267U, i5-7260U, i5-7200U, i5-7Y54, i5-7Y57, i3-7350K, i3-7320, i3-7300, i3-7300T, i3-7130U, i3-7102E, i3-7101E, i3-7101TE, i3-7100T, i3-7100E, i3-7100, i3-7167U, i3-7100U, i3-7100H, M3-7Y32, M3-7Y30, G4600T, G4600, G4620, G4560T, G4560, 4415U, 4415Y, 4410Y, G3950, G3930TE, G3930T, G3930E, G3930, 3965U, 3965Y, 3865U, E3-1535MV6, E3-1505MV6, E3-1505LV6, E3-1501LV6, E3-1501MV6, E3-1285V6, E3-1280V6, E3-1275V6, E3-1270V6, E3-1245V6, E3-1240V6, E3-1230V6, E3-1225V6, E3-1220V6 |