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.
EVC
introduced
Baseline
µarch
aka.
CPU Series
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Xeon 30xx Series
Xeon 32xx Series
Xeon 51xx Series
Xeon 53xx Series
Xeon 72xx Series
Xeon 73xx Series
Xeon 31xx Series
Xeon 33xx Series
Xeon 52xx Series
Xeon 54xx Series
Xeon 74xx Series
Xeon 34xx Lynnfield Series
Xeon 35xx Series
Xeon 55xx Series
Xeon 65xx Series
Xeon 75xx Series
i3-2100 Series
i3/i5 Clarkdale Series
Xeon 34xx Clarkdale Series
Xeon 36xx Series
Xeon 56xx Series
Xeon E7-2800 Series
Xeon E7-4800 Series
Xeon E7-8800 Series
Core i7-620LE
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
i7-3600-QE
Xeon E3-1100-C-v2 Series
Xeon E3-1200-v2 Series
Xeon E5-1400-v2 Series
Xeon E5-2400-v2 Series
Xeon E5-2600-v2 Series
Xeon E3-1200-v3 Series*
i3-4300 Series*
i5-4500-TE Series*
i7-4700-EQ Series*
*Haswell CPU
EVC L0
Merom
EVC L1
Penryn
EVC L2
Nehalem
EVC L3
Westmere
EVC L4
Sandy Bridge
EVC L5
Ivy Bridge
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
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