Sandy Bridge - 2011 - 2nd Generation Intel Core Processors
Architecture: Sandy Bridge 32 nm
Socket: LGA 1155
chipset: Cougar Point - Intel 6 Series. H61 B65 H67 P67 Q67 Z68
ram: DDR3
Video: Gen6
- HD Graphics 2000 - HD Graphics 3000
Ivy Bridge - 2012 - 3rd Generation Intel Core Processors
Architecture: Sandy Bridge 22 nm
Socket: LGA 1155
chipset: Panther Point - Intel 7 Series - B75 Q75 Z75 H77 Q77 Z77
ram: DDR3
video: Gen7
- HD Graphics 2500 - HD Graphics 4000
Haswell - 2013 - 4th Generation Intel Core Processors
Architecture: Haswell 22 nm
Socket: LGA 1150
chipset: Lynx Point - Intel 8 Series. H81 B85 Q85 Q87 H87 Z87 - Second generation: Wildcat Point - Intel 9 Series. H97 and Z97
ram: DDR3
Video: Gen7.5
- HD Graphics 4200 - Iris Pro Graphics 5200
Broadwell - September 2014 - 5th Generation Intel Core Processors
Architecture: Haswell 14 nm
Socket: LGA 1150
chipset: Wildcat Point - Intel 9 Series (Z97 and H97)
ram: DDR3 and DDR4
video: Gen8
- HD Graphics 5300 - Iris 6100
- adds VP8 hardware decoding support
Skylake - August 2015 - 6th Generation Intel Core Processors
Architecture: Skylake 14 nm
Socket: LGA 1151
chipset: Sunrise Point (100 Series) H110 B150 Q150 H170 Q170 Z170
ram: DDR3 and DDR4
video: Gen9
- HD Graphics 510 - HD Graphics 550
- retires VGA support
Kaby Lake - 2016-2017 - 7th Generation Intel Core Processors
Architecture: Skylake 14 nm
Socket: LGA 1151
chipset: Union Point (200 series) B250 Q250 H270 Q270 Z270
ram: DDR4 and DDR3
video: Gen10
- HD Graphics 615 - HD Graphics 630
- fast 4K UHD, VP9 and more H.265