x86

x86 refers to the family of microprocessors based on the Intel 8086, used in the original IBM Personal Computer, and its derivatives which are used in most Windows PCs. The abbreviation "x86" can also include compatible processors from AMD, and formerly, Cyrix.

3rd-party computers that have been customized to be able to boot Intel versions of Mac OS X and macOS are referred to as "Hackintoshes", supported by the OSx86 Project.

Processors and families

• Intel 80186
• Intel 80286
• Intel 80386
• Intel 486 DX / SX

Pentium family

• Pentium

• 

  Classic Apple Commercial - The Intel Snail

  Pentium II, often the target of Apple Computer's advertising of the PowerPC G3 processor.
• Pentium Pro
• Pentium III
• Pentium 4, used in the 2005 Developer Transition Kit during Apple's transition to Intel processors.
• Pentium M, used in the 1st-generation Apple TV console.

Intel Core family

Apple Computer (later Apple Inc.) used the Intel Core family of microprocessors in most of their Mac computers from 2006 until the introduction of their own Apple M1 processor in 2020.

• Intel Core Solo / Duo
• Intel Core 2 Duo / Quad / Extreme
• Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 / i9
• Intel Core m3 / m5 / m7

Other

• Intel Xeon, used in Apple's Mac Pro and iMac Pro high-end computers.
• AMD Athlon
• AMD FX
• AMD Ryzen

See also

• Intel: Intel processors used by Apple

External links

• x86 Architecture Overview at Loyola Marymount University
• x86 Assembly Guide by David Evans at the University of Virginia
• x86 at Wikipedia

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