Intel CPU Letters Explained

Techquickie demystifies the alphabet soup of letters that you often see slapped onto the end of Intel model numbers.





Intro Theme: Showdown by F.O.O.L from Monstercat - Best of 2016

[obvious_humor]

tldw:
K = unlocked multiplier
H = high performance graphics
Q = quad core
U = ultra low power
Y = extremely low power
E = ECC memory
M = mobile
T = low power, but still LGA
P = no integrated graphics
G = RX Vega graphics
*broadwell only (5xxx):*
R = high-end mobile, similar to H (but soldered on?)
C = unlocked = K
*as of x299/skylake-x:*
X = HEDT platform
_also note_ : i9-7980XE is not X+E, it just means "xtreme edition"

[bala_]

Linus: No other company than Intel seemingly throws random Alphabets to their products

Sony: WHXB900N

[thearbinator]

F - processor does not have integrated graphics. For example:
Core i5-9400F
Core i7-9700KF

[xplinux]

I love how "Y" refers to extremely low power. It's like Intel is asking, "but y tho?"

[joenodden]

Press F to pay respect for this video.

[seanm.]

Letter time chart
K 1:20
H 1:54
U 2:33
Y 2:36
E 2:47
M 3:10
T 3:24
P 3:47
G 3:58
R 4:20
C 4:20
X 4:39

[ponchozworld]

This video was brought to you by the letter i, for ifixit.


Missed opportunity. :/

[mustafaahmed]

It does feel like an episode from sesame street.

[B_assMan.Archive]

The thumbnail looks like every reply from my girlfriend.

[jack]

"Bigger numbers are better"

RAM Latency: "Im about to ruin this man's whole career"

[AndreyMynka]

Let's finish this up with the most dramatic letter of all... T for tunnelbear a free VPN...

[ARM_DM]

I absolutely love the way this guy throws around hand/arm motions. They say 90% of communication is body language, this guy kicks that up to 99.9%.

[JoSephGD]

G: that moment when rivals work together to make a fantastic processor

[kaseyklynstra]

4:33 The Broadwell C/R chips are actually quite special (and honestly deserved for attention than they got). The C-chips (i5-5675C and i7-5775C) were the only socketed chips with Crystalwell (embedded L4 cache/VRAM for a respectable iGPU) and were also unlocked. The R-chips were the BGA variants of the same. The iGPU of those chips (Iris Pro) rivaled a GTX 750, IIRC.

[jesx]

Me:*puts all my feelings into a text*
Her: 1:23

[darkontt]

Thank you Linus for making these videos! It's been more than one and a half decade since I had a desktop, and wathcing your videos in the past few years, along with Luke's, Jay's, Paul's and Dmitri's is what gave me the knowledge and motivation to finally build one completely on my own. I just ordered the parts yesterday and can't wait to start.
Keep doing what you're doing!
Greetings from Hungary!
TT

[jv_]

Me before watching this video: "what does this mean?"

Me after watching this video: "what does this mean?"

[DieterRust]

"K" means, I have read your long as message, but your not worthy of a full reply.

[zr]

They forgot one "S" denotes "performance optimised lifestyle" which may relate to the addition of embedded options being available vs not being on the standard chips. Also generally these chips have a lower base clock but have the same boost clock as their normal chip counterparts.

[MrTinkerDoodle]

"No other company has been more guilty of throwing seemingly random letters to their product names than Intel"

HP: hold my 15-ek0040tx