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Intel and AMD use a similar naming scheme, but get a little confusing with suffixes, especially AMD. Both include a target market, generation, and performance

Intel and AMD use a similar naming scheme, but get a little confusing with suffixes, especially AMD. Both include a target market, generation, and performance level. With Intel, it's "i{market}-{generation}{performance}", with market being 3 (budget), 5 (mainstream), 7 (enthusiast), 9 (high-end). The numbers used in the "performance" level varies, but higher is always better. For example, i7-3770 is the third-gen chip targeted towards enthusiasts and was the highest performer in its generation. My i9-9900 is the top end model for the 9th gen. Intel will also use suffixes "K" to mean it has an unlocked multiplier (making overclocking easier) and "F" which means it does not have an on-die GPU, so you'll need a discrete GPU card. AMD is similar, they'll call them "Ryzen {market} {generation}{performance}", ie, Ryzen 5 5600. But where AMD goes crazy is with the damn suffixes that express an additional performance level that is impossible to decipher.

zekica 5y ago
Desktop CPUs: X - sightly higher performance one than the one with no suffix XT - even higher performance Desktop APUs: G - includes graphics, different architecture than non-G CPUs (65W) GE - lower power than equivalent without E (similar to T with Intel) (35W) Mobile APUs: U - lower power (15W, configurable) H - higher power (35W, configurable) HS - lower clocks than H HX - higher clocks than H
dsr_ 5y ago
Sadly, AMD is even more opaque than that. A Ryzen 2700 is a second-generation CPU with 8c/16t. A 3700 is a third-generation CPU with 8c/16t A 4700g is a second-generation CPU with 8c/16t and a GPU A 4500h is a second-gen CPU with 6c/12t and a GPU There is no 4600G. An X suffix generally means higher clockrate; an H suffix generally means high efficiency (lower power draw); a U suffix means ultra-efficient (very low power draw). In the 5000 and 6000 series, possible suffices include X, H, U, HX, HS, but not G. Some CPUs are OEM-only. Some CPUs are only sold in packaging for laptop/tinybox manufacturers. In general, if you get integrated graphics, you lose an entire processor generation, but more recently you only lose top-end features.
- paulmd 5y ago
  for a while, a lot of that could be summarized with "APUs are 1000 higher than their desktop generation" (4000 series APUs = Zen 2 = 3000 series desktop) but then AMD went and made the 5000 laptop series split between generations, a 5700U is a Zen2 part and a 5800U is a Zen3 part. Intel did split the 10th gen but even then they changed up the naming between the two series.

zekica 5y ago

Desktop CPUs: X - sightly higher performance one than the one with no suffix XT - even higher performance Desktop APUs: G - includes graphics, different architecture than non-G CPUs (65W) GE - lower power than equivalent without E (similar to T with Intel) (35W) Mobile APUs: U - lower power (15W, configurable) H - higher power (35W, configurable) HS - lower clocks than H HX - higher clocks than H

dsr_ 5y ago

Sadly, AMD is even more opaque than that. A Ryzen 2700 is a second-generation CPU with 8c/16t. A 3700 is a third-generation CPU with 8c/16t A 4700g is a second-generation CPU with 8c/16t and a GPU A 4500h is a second-gen CPU with 6c/12t and a GPU There is no 4600G. An X suffix generally means higher clockrate; an H suffix generally means high efficiency (lower power draw); a U suffix means ultra-efficient (very low power draw). In the 5000 and 6000 series, possible suffices include X, H, U, HX, HS, but not G. Some CPUs are OEM-only. Some CPUs are only sold in packaging for laptop/tinybox manufacturers. In general, if you get integrated graphics, you lose an entire processor generation, but more recently you only lose top-end features.

paulmd 5y ago
for a while, a lot of that could be summarized with "APUs are 1000 higher than their desktop generation" (4000 series APUs = Zen 2 = 3000 series desktop) but then AMD went and made the 5000 laptop series split between generations, a 5700U is a Zen2 part and a 5800U is a Zen3 part. Intel did split the 10th gen but even then they changed up the naming between the two series.