Intel Core (client)
Broadwell
Intel Broadwell (2014) supports x86-64-v3.
- x86-64 level
- x86-64-v3
Most Pentium and Celeron models: x86-64-v2 - Vendor
- Intel
- First products
- 2014
- Products
- 5th generation Core and Core M; Xeon E3 v4, E5 v4, E7 v4 and Xeon D
- Segments
- GCC target
-march=broadwell- Optimization
- Optimizing code for Haswell and Broadwell
Product lines
| Product line | Segment | Socket | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5th generation Core | desktop | LGA1150, BGA1364 | intel.com |
| 5th generation Core | mobile | BGA1364, BGA1168 | intel.com |
| 5th generation Core | embedded | BGA1364 | intel.com |
| Core M | mobile | BGA1234 | intel.com |
| Core i7 and Core i7 Extreme (Broadwell-E)ARK lists it as Desktop; HEDT counts as workstation here. | workstation | LGA2011-3 | intel.com |
| Pentium and Celeron | mobile | BGA1168 | intel.com |
| Pentium D1500 | server | BGA1667 | intel.com |
| Xeon D-1500 | server | BGA1667 | intel.com |
| Xeon E3 v4 | server | LGA1150 | intel.com |
| Xeon E3 v4 | embedded | BGA1364 | intel.com |
| Xeon E5 v4 | server | LGA2011-3 | intel.com |
| Xeon E5 v4 | embedded | LGA2011-3 | intel.com |
| Xeon E7 v4 | server | LGA2011-1 | intel.com |
Why not x86-64-v4?
Broadwell lacks AVX512BW, AVX512CD, AVX512DQ, AVX512F and AVX512VL, all of which x86-64-v4 requires.
Feature checklist
| Feature | Broadwell | Enumerated by | Linux flag |
|---|---|---|---|
| x86-64-v1 | |||
| CMOV | Yes | CPUID.01H:EDX[15] | cmov |
| CX8 | Yes | CPUID.01H:EDX[8] | cx8 |
| FPU | Yes | CPUID.01H:EDX[0] | fpu |
| FXSR | Yes | CPUID.01H:EDX[24] | fxsr |
| MMX | Yes | CPUID.01H:EDX[23] | mmx |
| OSFXSR via FXSR | Yes | CPUID.01H:EDX[24] | fxsr |
| SCE | Yes | CPUID.80000001H:EDX[11] | syscall |
| SSE | Yes | CPUID.01H:EDX[25] | sse |
| SSE2 | Yes | CPUID.01H:EDX[26] | sse2 |
| x86-64-v2 | |||
| CMPXCHG16B | Yes | CPUID.01H:ECX[13] | cx16 |
| LAHF-SAHF | Yes | CPUID.80000001H:ECX[0] | lahf_lm |
| POPCNT | Yes | CPUID.01H:ECX[23] | popcnt |
| SSE3 | Yes | CPUID.01H:ECX[0] | pni |
| SSE4.1 | Yes | CPUID.01H:ECX[19] | sse4_1 |
| SSE4.2 | Yes | CPUID.01H:ECX[20] | sse4_2 |
| SSSE3 | Yes | CPUID.01H:ECX[9] | ssse3 |
| x86-64-v3 | |||
| AVX | Yes | CPUID.01H:ECX[28] | avx |
| AVX2 | Yes | CPUID.(EAX=07H,ECX=0):EBX[5] | avx2 |
| BMI1 | Yes | CPUID.(EAX=07H,ECX=0):EBX[3] | bmi1 |
| BMI2 | Yes | CPUID.(EAX=07H,ECX=0):EBX[8] | bmi2 |
| F16C | Yes | CPUID.01H:ECX[29] | f16c |
| FMA | Yes | CPUID.01H:ECX[12] | fma |
| LZCNT | Yes | CPUID.80000001H:ECX[5] | abm |
| MOVBE | Yes | CPUID.01H:ECX[22] | movbe |
| OSXSAVE via XSAVE | Yes | CPUID.01H:ECX[26] | xsave |
| x86-64-v4 | |||
| AVX512F | No | CPUID.(EAX=07H,ECX=0):EBX[16] | avx512f |
| AVX512BW | No | CPUID.(EAX=07H,ECX=0):EBX[30] | avx512bw |
| AVX512CD | No | CPUID.(EAX=07H,ECX=0):EBX[28] | avx512cd |
| AVX512DQ | No | CPUID.(EAX=07H,ECX=0):EBX[17] | avx512dq |
| AVX512VL | No | CPUID.(EAX=07H,ECX=0):EBX[31] | avx512vl |
Other extensions
Notable extensions outside the x86-64 levels. Vendors sometimes disable these on individual models. Linked names lead to the extension's instructions.
Known vulnerabilities
The CVEs that the sources of the vulnerability list name as affecting Broadwell, in all of its models or in some of them.
- CVE-2025-40300 VMSCAPE
- CVE-2022-21166 Processor MMIO Stale Data: Device Register Partial Write
- CVE-2021-0089 Speculative Code Store Bypass
- CVE-2021-0086 Floating Point Value Injection
- CVE-2020-8698 Fast Store Forwarding Predictor: Fast Store Forwarding Predictor: cross-thread Some models
- CVE-2020-8695 RAPL Energy Reporting: RAPL energy reporting Some models
- CVE-2020-0551 Load Value Injection
- CVE-2020-0550 Snoop-assisted L1D Sampling
- CVE-2019-11135 TSX Asynchronous Abort
- CVE-2019-11091 Microarchitectural Data Sampling: Microarchitectural Data Sampling Uncacheable Memory
- CVE-2019-1125 Spectre variant 1: Spectre v1 swapgs
- CVE-2018-12207 iTLB multihit: Machine Check Error Avoidance on Page Size Change
- CVE-2018-12130 Microarchitectural Data Sampling: Microarchitectural Fill Buffer Data Sampling
- CVE-2018-12127 Microarchitectural Data Sampling: Microarchitectural Load Port Data Sampling
- CVE-2018-12126 Microarchitectural Data Sampling: Microarchitectural Store Buffer Data Sampling
- CVE-2018-3646 L1 Terminal Fault: L1 Terminal Fault: virtualization
- CVE-2018-3640 Rogue System Register Read
- CVE-2018-3639 Speculative Store Bypass
- CVE-2018-3620 L1 Terminal Fault: L1 Terminal Fault: operating systems and SMM
- CVE-2018-3615 L1 Terminal Fault: L1 Terminal Fault: SGX
- CVE-2017-5754 Meltdown: Rogue Data Cache Load
- CVE-2017-5753 Spectre variant 1: Bounds Check Bypass
- CVE-2017-5715 Spectre variant 2: Branch Target Injection
Other Intel Core (client) microarchitectures
- NetBurst (Prescott, Nocona) 2004 v1
- Core (Merom, Conroe) 2006 v1
- Penryn 2007 v1
- Nehalem 2008 v2
- Westmere 2010 v2
- Sandy Bridge 2011 v2
- Ivy Bridge 2012 v2
- Haswell 2013 v3
- Broadwell 2014 v3
- Skylake 2015 v3
- Kaby Lake 2016 v3
- Coffee Lake 2017 v3
- Cannon Lake 2018 v4
- Comet Lake 2019 v3
- Ice Lake (client) 2019 v4
- Tiger Lake 2020 v4
- Alder Lake 2021 v3
- Rocket Lake 2021 v4
- Raptor Lake 2022 v3
- Meteor Lake 2023 v3
- Arrow Lake 2024 v3
- Lunar Lake 2024 v3
- Panther Lake 2026 v3
- Nova Lake announced v4
Sources
- GCC -march=broadwell feature set (PTA_BROADWELL)
- Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual, Volume 4, 335592-093, Table 2-1: Models 06_3DH, 06_47H, 06_4FH and 06_56H: 5th generation Core, Core M, Xeon E3-1200 v4, E5 v4, E7 v4 and D-1500.
- Intel ARK: Products formerly Broadwell: Launch dates; the earliest is Q3'14 (Core M-5Y10).