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AMD is no saint here. Knowing whether a CPU is Zen 1, 1+, 2, or 3 from its model number basically requires memorization. Zen: 1200, 2300U, 2400G, 3200U Zen+:

AMD is no saint here. Knowing whether a CPU is Zen 1, 1+, 2, or 3 from its model number basically requires memorization. Zen: 1200, 2300U, 2400G, 3200U Zen+: 1200AF, 2600E, 3200G, 3300U Zen2: 3100, 4300G, 4300U, 5500U Zen3: 5600X, 5400U Nvidia neither. For 20-series had 2060, 2060 Super, 2060 Ti, and 2060 KO. Which of those is “fastest”? I can’t remember. Apple neither. The iPad’s naming succession went something like: iPad 2, iPad Air, iPad Air 2, iPad (5th gen), iPad (6th gen) + iPad Air (3rd gen). Microsoft neither. Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One (!?), Xbox One S, Xbox One X, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X. (Seriously MS, wtf.) Really the only sanity I see is Sony PlayStation: PS, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5. They even re-released the PS as PS one after the PS2 was released.

neogodless 6y ago
I was about to reply that you needed to mention the Xbox, but you edited just in time! Still, at any moment in time, it can be hard to decide on what product you want. With PS2 you got PS1 backwards compatibility. With PS3, you got PS1 and PS1... if you got the original 60GB. But then the 40/80GB were released without it. With PS4, they updated with PS4 Pro. And now there's PS5 and Digital Edition. This isn't as bad as I believe the specs are the same and the disk drive is the only difference. But now Xbox Series S and X actually have a big difference in performance in addition to the disk drive! As someone that wants top performance but doesn't want the drive... ugh. Maybe the drives should be accessories... but consoles are too much like PCs already!
- amarshall 6y ago
  Indeed Sony can get a bit muddied within generations, especially with the PS3 as they had to cut cost a lot from 1st gen. At least “PS4” vs. “PS4 Pro” feels clear which is “better” vs. MS’s S vs. X (one is a sedan and the other an SUV, right??) or Intel’s smattering of suffixes.

neogodless 6y ago

I was about to reply that you needed to mention the Xbox, but you edited just in time! Still, at any moment in time, it can be hard to decide on what product you want. With PS2 you got PS1 backwards compatibility. With PS3, you got PS1 and PS1... if you got the original 60GB. But then the 40/80GB were released without it. With PS4, they updated with PS4 Pro. And now there's PS5 and Digital Edition. This isn't as bad as I believe the specs are the same and the disk drive is the only difference. But now Xbox Series S and X actually have a big difference in performance in addition to the disk drive! As someone that wants top performance but doesn't want the drive... ugh. Maybe the drives should be accessories... but consoles are too much like PCs already!

amarshall 6y ago
Indeed Sony can get a bit muddied within generations, especially with the PS3 as they had to cut cost a lot from 1st gen. At least “PS4” vs. “PS4 Pro” feels clear which is “better” vs. MS’s S vs. X (one is a sedan and the other an SUV, right??) or Intel’s smattering of suffixes.