Ryzen name scheme is confusing and it feels like that was the intent.

[Alexi_Revero]

Hello folks, new to pc building here. Any one got any documentation or source that would help me understand Ryzen's naming scheme? I tried online but numerous sources like, AnandTech and Tom's hardware contradict each other. 

[Poinkachu]

6 minutes ago, Alexi_Revero said:

Hello folks, new to pc building here. Any one got any documentation or source that would help me understand Ryzen's naming scheme? I tried online but numerous sources like, AnandTech and Tom's hardware contradict each other. 

Which namin scheme? desktop? laptop? which gen?

 

Naming scheme often change in a confusing way on new generation.

 

Video from 10 months ago :

 

[Millios]

Are you reffering to the CPUs for desktops?Or laptops

 

The number after ryzen , for example ryzen 5, is the same as intel aka tier in that generation

 

The 1st number of the 4 digits following is generation/series, like with intel being 12xxx for 12th gen for example, so a ryzen 5 7600 is a 7000series CPU

 

The 2nd number will let you know if its stronger than other CPUs of that tier, for example ryzen 7 7800x3D and and ryzen 7700x, 7>8 so 7800x3D>7700x

 

The letter or lack there of in the end goes as follows

-X ( a lil stronger than the same CPU without the X by a few %)

-F ( no integrated graphics)

-G (an APU)

-No letter (the base CPU)

-If there is an x3D at the end then the CPU also has 3D v-cache

 

Thats the basics of it

Intel is WAY more confusing with its naming schemes and laptop CPUs are a mess all together with a mess of numbers that you cant decipher unless you are well versed

[Haswellx86]

This is the current naming scheme for processors till 8000 series mobile processors -

 

 

Make sure to read the third number correctly. You could have a 7000 series CPU but it could be on Zen 2 architecture.

 

You can also find X3D on the most high end SKU which stands for 3D V-Cache.

 

Now this is for Ryzen AI which is newer than 8000 series and has XDNA 2 NPU (Ryzen 7000 and 8000 mobile had XDNA 1 NPU and nothing for desktop).

 

 

And for desktop, it's the same that we have been having till now.

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Ryzen 9 is the first denoting tier which means it is better than Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 (we also used to have Ryzen 3 but not anymore). The first 9 in the 9950X is the generation number. The last generation equivalent of the 9950X is the Ryzen 9 7950X. The second number in 9950X isn't that important. It changes with the tier number and not something you can choose. The third number is a secondary differentiator between the same tier, such as there exists a 9900X which is slower. And the last number doesn't have any real meaning in desktop. You might see an X3D denoting 3D V-Cache technology, and you might even see having no X means it has less TDP (less power target).

[Doobeedoo]

In general I find it quite simple, desktop wise. Mobile here and there every brand kinda screws eventually. You can just go to wiki page of Ryzen and just see how it started since gen 1 to today naming wise and models in lineup.

[Poinkachu]

35 minutes ago, Doobeedoo said:

In general I find it quite simple, desktop wise. Mobile here and there every brand kinda screws eventually. You can just go to wiki page of Ryzen and just see how it started since gen 1 to today naming wise and models in lineup.

I learned to just google the processor model numbers and compare the detailed spec.
Feels less wasteful of my brain's memory bank allocation.