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With Intel higher = better. What’s better, ultra or pro?

by jslql 4y ago

masklinn 4y ago
Ultra since pro is the baseline adjective. Not that I find the naming any good but Max v Ultra would have been more of a head scratcher.
- jslql 4y ago
  I assume Max is better since there’s nothing higher than the maximum.
  - masklinn 4y ago
    Which is why it's more of a head scratcher. Pro < Max < Ultra. The Max is a Pro with (up to) double the number of GPU cores (and memory controllers), the Ultra is two maxes stapled together: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/apples-m1-ultra-tapes-two-m1-max-chips-together/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/apples-m1-ultra-tape...
- wpm 4y ago
  Apple Marketing under Joz has been in love with this Pro-Max-Ultra tiering, and it's mind boggling. Very very confusing to have Max(imum) be the middle tier. If Ultra was Ultimate, maybe it'd make more sense, but Pro-Ultra-Max just makes more sense. But even Max kinda stinks because it's basically the same word as "Macs". Max Macs, Macs Max. Ugh
  - achairapart 4y ago
    Also: Pro is messing up with the well-known and familiar "Pro" as in Macbook Pro and Mac Pro. I.e.: "Hey, look at my new Macbook Pro M2 Pro!" Then, this is also used - completely unrelated to the CPU in there - in the iPhone line-up, in a whole new mixed-up level ("look at my new iPhone Pro Max Ultra!"), as well as randomly for other hardware (AirPod Max?). What a mess. Actually, this is worse then 90s Apple.
mynameisvlad 4y ago
> With Intel higher = better. So which is better, the 13500HX, or the 1365UE? What about the 13620H? What about the 13900/13900F/13900E/13900H/13900HK/13900T/13900TE/13900HX/13900K/13900KF/13900KS? Which is better? And the 13905H is clearly better than all of them because higher = better right? Intel has an absolute shit naming scheme.
Invictus0 4y ago
The very first processor in the list is the i7-1365UE, which is a lower number than processors from 10 years ago.

With Intel higher = better. What’s better, ultra or pro?

by jslql 4y ago

With Intel higher = better. What’s better, ultra or pro?

Ultra since pro is the baseline adjective. Not that I find the naming any good but Max v Ultra would have been more of a head scratcher.

jslql 4y ago
I assume Max is better since there’s nothing higher than the maximum.
- masklinn 4y ago
  Which is why it's more of a head scratcher. Pro < Max < Ultra. The Max is a Pro with (up to) double the number of GPU cores (and memory controllers), the Ultra is two maxes stapled together: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/apples-m1-ultra-tapes-two-m1-max-chips-together/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/apples-m1-ultra-tape...
wpm 4y ago
Apple Marketing under Joz has been in love with this Pro-Max-Ultra tiering, and it's mind boggling. Very very confusing to have Max(imum) be the middle tier. If Ultra was Ultimate, maybe it'd make more sense, but Pro-Ultra-Max just makes more sense. But even Max kinda stinks because it's basically the same word as "Macs". Max Macs, Macs Max. Ugh
- achairapart 4y ago
  Also: Pro is messing up with the well-known and familiar "Pro" as in Macbook Pro and Mac Pro. I.e.: "Hey, look at my new Macbook Pro M2 Pro!" Then, this is also used - completely unrelated to the CPU in there - in the iPhone line-up, in a whole new mixed-up level ("look at my new iPhone Pro Max Ultra!"), as well as randomly for other hardware (AirPod Max?). What a mess. Actually, this is worse then 90s Apple.

mynameisvlad 4y ago

> With Intel higher = better. So which is better, the 13500HX, or the 1365UE? What about the 13620H? What about the 13900/13900F/13900E/13900H/13900HK/13900T/13900TE/13900HX/13900K/13900KF/13900KS? Which is better? And the 13905H is clearly better than all of them because higher = better right? Intel has an absolute shit naming scheme.

Invictus0 4y ago

The very first processor in the list is the i7-1365UE, which is a lower number than processors from 10 years ago.