Intel Core M series

The Core-M series is a series of x86 microprocessors of semiconductor manufacturers s Intel .

The processors in the series are based on the Broadwell and, since 2015, the Skylake micro-architecture and are specially designed for use in very energy-saving, fanless devices such as tablets and 2-in-1 notebooks. They are thus replacing the ultra-low-power Core-i CPUs with Haswell micro-architecture (Haswell-Y).

Technical

Broadwell

The TDP of the Core M CPUs with Broadwell micro-architecture is 4.5 W as standard, but can be freely configured by the device manufacturers between 3.5 W and 6 W. The TDP is 33 to 40 percent of that of Haswell Y CPUs.

The transistor enzahl increased compared to Haswell-Y of 0.96 to 1.3 billion, due to the 14-nm process is reduced which the mm² from 131 to 82nd In addition, the integrated graphics unit HD Graphics 5300 now supports OpenCL 2.0 and DirectX 11.2. The number of execution units increases from 20 to 24 compared to Haswell's HD 4200.

Skylake

The standard TDP of the Core M CPUs with Skylake microarchitecture is also 4.5 W. The maximum TDP of 7 W is, however, 1 W higher than that of the Broadwell models. The minimum TDP for the m5 and m7 models is 3.5 W, for the m3 model it is 3.8 W.

The integrated graphics unit HD Graphics 515 should be around 40 percent faster than the HD 5300 and now supports OpenGL 4.4 and DirectX 12.0.

Kaby Lake

The naming scheme of the two more powerful new processors based on the Kaby Lake architecture has been aligned with that of the Core i series. However, these processors are still included in this list because technically they still belong to the Core M series.

The technical data has changed only minimally compared to Skylake. Thanks to an improved manufacturing process, the clock rates could be increased slightly with the same TDP. In addition, the new video processor in the HD 615 can encode and decode the HEVC codecs in the Main10 profile with 10 bit color depth and VP9 with hardware acceleration.

Models

The first three models Core M-5Y10, 5Y10a and 5Y70 were released in September 2014, but were discontinued after a few weeks due to an error. As a result, Intel released four new models in October.

In September 2015, Intel introduced four new models based on the Skylake microarchitecture. The Core M CPUs, similar to the Core i series, are now divided into Core m3, Core m5 and Core m7.

All processors have two memory channels.

Model number	Micro- architecture	base	Cores / threads	Cache		Processor clock base (max. Turbo)	IGP		Integrated storage controller	TDP	Introduction rungs- date	sSpec - number
Model number	Micro- architecture	base	Cores / threads	L2	L3	Processor clock base (max. Turbo)	Model (EUs)	Standard cycle (turbo cycle)	Integrated storage controller	TDP	Introduction rungs- date	sSpec - number
Core M-5Y10	Broadwell	BGA1234	2/4	2 × 256 KB	4 MB	800 MHz (2 GHz)	HD 5300 (24)	100 MHz (800 MHz)	LPDDR3- 1333/1600 DDR3L- 1600	4.5 W	2014 Q3	SR217
Core M-5Y10a						800 MHz (2 GHz)		100 MHz (800 MHz)			2014 Q3	SR218
Core M-5Y10c						800 MHz (2 GHz)		300 MHz (800 MHz)			2014 Q4	SR23C
Core M-5Y31						900 MHz (2.4 GHz)		300 MHz (850 MHz)			2014 Q4	SR23G
Core M-5Y51						1.1 GHz (2.6 GHz)		300 MHz (900 MHz)			2014 Q4	SR23L
Core M-5Y70						1.1 GHz (2.6 GHz)		100 MHz (850 MHz)			2014 Q3	SR216
Core M-5Y71						1.2 GHz (2.9 GHz)		300 MHz (900 MHz)			2014 Q4	SR23Q
Core m3-6Y30	Skylake	BGA1515	2/4	2 × 256 KB	4 MB	900 MHz (2.2 GHz)	HD 515 (24)	300 MHz (850 MHz)	DDR3L- 1600 LPDDR3- 1866	4.5 W	2015 Q3	SR2EN
Core m5-6Y54						1.1 GHz (2.7 GHz)		300 MHz (900 MHz)				SR2EM
Core m5-6Y57						1.1 GHz (2.8 GHz)		300 MHz (900 MHz)				SR2EG
Core m7-6Y75						1.2 GHz (3.1 GHz)		300 MHz (1000 MHz)				SR2EH
Celeron 3965Y	Kaby Lake	BGA1515	2/2	2 × 256 KB	2 MB	1.5 GHz	HD 615 (24)	300 MHz (850 MHz)	DDR3L- 1600 LPDDR3- 1866	6 W	Q2'17	SR3GG
Pentium 4410Y			2/4			1.5 GHz					Q1'17	SR34B
Pentium 4415Y						1.6 GHz					Q2'17	SR3GA
Pentium 4425Y						1.7 GHz					Q1'19	SRD24
Core m3-7Y30					4 MB	1.0 GHz (2.6 GHz)		300 MHz (900 MHz)		4.5 W	Q3'16	SR2ZY
Core m3-7Y30						1.0 GHz (2.6 GHz)		300 MHz (900 MHz)			Q1'17	SR347
Core m3-7Y32						1.1 GHz (3.0 GHz)		300 MHz (900 MHz)			Q1'17	SR346
Core i5-7Y54						1.2 GHz (3.2 GHz)		300 MHz (950 MHz)			Q3'16	SR2ZX
Core i5-7Y54						1.2 GHz (3.2 GHz)		300 MHz (950 MHz)			Q1'17	SR345
Core i5-7Y57						1.2 GHz (3.3 GHz)		300 MHz (950 MHz)			Q1'17	SR33Y
Core i7-7Y75						1.3 GHz (3.6 GHz)		300 MHz (1050 MHz)			Q3'16	SR2ZT
Core i7-7Y75						1.3 GHz (3.6 GHz)		300 MHz (1050 MHz)			Q1'17	SR33X
Core m3-8100Y	Amber Lake	BGA1515	2/4	2 × 256 KB	4 MB	1.1 GHz (3.4 GHz)	HD 615 (24)	300 MHz (900 MHz)	DDR3L- 1600 LPDDR3- 1866	5 W	Q3'18	SRD23

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Till Schönborn: In the test: Intel Core M-5Y70 "Broadwell". In: Notebookcheck. November 14, 2014, accessed December 17, 2017 .
↑ Klaus Hinum: Intel Core m7-6Y75. In: Notebookcheck. February 21, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017 .
↑ Klaus Hinum: Intel Core m3-6Y30. In: Notebookcheck. February 21, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017 .
↑ Mike Jennings: Intel Core M: Everything you need to know. In: Trusted Reviews. April 19, 2016, accessed December 18, 2017 .
↑ Ronald Tiefenthäler: Intel Kaby Lake: All details and information about the launch of the 7th processor generation. In: Notebookcheck. August 30, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2017 .
↑ 7th Gen and 8th Gen (U Quad-Core) Intel® Processor Families Specification Update. Intel Corporation , June 2017, accessed December 17, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j This processor supports HDCP 2.2 for playing copy-protected content.
^ Products formerly Amber Lake Y. Intel Corporation , accessed August 5, 2019 .

[1] Till Schönborn: In the test: Intel Core M-5Y70 "Broadwell". In: Notebookcheck. November 14, 2014, accessed December 17, 2017 .

[2] Klaus Hinum: Intel Core m7-6Y75. In: Notebookcheck. February 21, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017 .

[3] Klaus Hinum: Intel Core m3-6Y30. In: Notebookcheck. February 21, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017 .

[4] Mike Jennings: Intel Core M: Everything you need to know. In: Trusted Reviews. April 19, 2016, accessed December 18, 2017 .

[5] Ronald Tiefenthäler: Intel Kaby Lake: All details and information about the launch of the 7th processor generation. In: Notebookcheck. August 30, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2017 .

[6] 7th Gen and 8th Gen (U Quad-Core) Intel® Processor Families Specification Update. Intel Corporation , June 2017, accessed December 17, 2017 .

[kbl-hdcp-7] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j This processor supports HDCP 2.2 for playing copy-protected content.

[8] Products formerly Amber Lake Y. Intel Corporation , accessed August 5, 2019 .