Same with Atom-based Celerons/Pentiums, and Core M-based Core i3's and i5's, and more recently the Skylake "Gold" And "Platinum": https://semiaccurate.com/2017

Same with Atom-based Celerons/Pentiums, and Core M-based Core i3's and i5's, and more recently the Skylake "Gold" And "Platinum": https://semiaccurate.com/2017/05/05/intels-new-scalable-xeon-branding-just-price-increase/ https://semiaccurate.com/2017/05/05/intels-new-scalable-xeon... It's looking like with Moore's Law dying, Intel has just given up, and is instead trying to "innovate" with how to trick its customers to pay more for the same or weaker stuff.