Wednesday, September 7th 2022
AMD Announces New Model Numbers for Future Mobile Processors
Starting next year, AMD will move to a new model number scheme for its mobile processors and it appears that the company has decided to use the first digit to represent the model year, which should alleviate some past confusion. The second digit in the model name will represent where in the product stack the specific chip will sit and here we're potentially getting some new 6 and 8 models, although nothing guarantees that AMD will actually implement these segments into real products. The third digit represents the architecture, so a four equals Zen 4 for example.
The last digit in the model names is a new addition where AMD has sub SKUs that offer some performance advantage of the base SKU of a specific model and this digit will apparently only be represented by a 0 or a 5. Finally AMD has added a new suffix too, where C stands for Chromebook. This translates to 15-28 Watt chips that have been designed specifically for Chromebook usage. The current HX, HS and U suffix lettering will carry over, alongside the lower-case e for 9 W versions the U SKUs. AMD has also segmented it's mobile CPUs according to the chart below, to try and deliver a clearer use case for its various CPU models. The chart is pretty self explanatory, although some of the segmentation will apply to updated models of current designs, whereas others will only apply to new laptop designs. The new model numbering scheme will apply to at least 2025.
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The last digit in the model names is a new addition where AMD has sub SKUs that offer some performance advantage of the base SKU of a specific model and this digit will apparently only be represented by a 0 or a 5. Finally AMD has added a new suffix too, where C stands for Chromebook. This translates to 15-28 Watt chips that have been designed specifically for Chromebook usage. The current HX, HS and U suffix lettering will carry over, alongside the lower-case e for 9 W versions the U SKUs. AMD has also segmented it's mobile CPUs according to the chart below, to try and deliver a clearer use case for its various CPU models. The chart is pretty self explanatory, although some of the segmentation will apply to updated models of current designs, whereas others will only apply to new laptop designs. The new model numbering scheme will apply to at least 2025.
70 Comments on AMD Announces New Model Numbers for Future Mobile Processors
In confusing naming scheme for laptop CPUs.
People are going to go out and buy 7000 series CPUs thinking they are Zen 4, when they are really Zen 2 or if they're lucky Zen 3.
Mostly people will go for the cheap one, which means a ton of people will be buying 3 year old tech, basically getting suckered.
They've already been doing this with a 5700U that is Zen 2 lined up next to the 5800U which is Zen 3. Even most enthusiasts are not aware of this, I've seen plenty of people saying 5700U is Zen 3 when it is not. It is nothing more than a 4700U with a higher frequency. An honest company would have named it 4750U or something along those lines, they intentionally changed the first number to make it appear more modern.
They are doing the same thing with some rebranded desktop CPUs now as well, the 3100 rebranded to 4100 and the 3500 rebranded to 4500. People are not going to know they are buying 3 year old processors. Even a lot of enthusiasts won't know this.
I like it.
The first symbol should be correlated to the generation (zen 4 or zen5), model year is unimportant.
Next important is the sku/segment e.g., ryzen 7 or Ryzen 9.
A zen 3 chip released in 2023 would get the same leading ‘7’ as a zen 4 chip produced in the same year. That’s confusing.
Also, with the 5700U it does not matter that it's Zen 2 vs Zen 3 because it fits the performance tier and offers identical features to Zen 3. The IPC uplift of Zen 3 was made without any radical changes to what the architecture offered to consumers, so from the consumer perspective Zen 2 and Zen 3 are identical. AMD makes clear that the 5700U is slower than a 5800U, and when tested side by side those claims hold true. Literally no deception whatsoever.
If Intel rebranded a gen 10 Skylake part to 12XXX you'd be all over them. Go ahead and lie and tell me you wouldn't.
2019 called, they want their stuff ba-
Hang on, now 2017 is calling 2019 asking for Vega architecture back; This is getting complicated...
Commenting on TPU suggest a certain knowledge of all things computer, yet you are confused? Then what about the average Joe who was told 'Here, take this. It's intel, they are the best!', hm?
AMD made it loud and clear. It's now up to the discretion of every reseller to advise their customers right, or up to the customers to do their due dilligence. Always was and always will be.
2023R5Z4Uw55
2023R3Z3Lw35
2023ASZ3Lw28
2023AGZ3Uw15
2024R9Z4Lw09
Although I still would call that a bit confusing. I almost find the year part unnecessary, because I don't see much of a point as they could just do the architecture and everyone should understand (Plus could add numbers to show improvements if they change the architecture and make it different/improved).
4 : Architecture
Reserved for
1 : Zen 1 / Zen +
Are you gonna refresh that slow poke 2200U and 3200U? It was really unnecessary to beat that dead horse Celeron and Pentiums.
3 and 4 is ryzen 3... 5 and 6 is ryzen 5. 7 is 7 and 8 is 7/9. What the...