Explaining Intel & AMD CPUs

AMD and Intel processor families explained, including Atom, Celeron, Pentium, Core, Xeon, Athlon, Ryzen and EPYC CPUs.

More information on specific CPUs mentioned in this video is available at the following links:

24-Core Atom BP5962B:

Xeon Platinum 9282:

Ryzen Threadripper 3990X:

AMD EPYC 7H12:

More videos on computing and related topics can be found at:

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:31 Intel & AMD Families
01:51 CPU Specifications
04:05 Intel CPUs
07:12 AMD CPUs
09:03 Processor Numbers
11:44 Current CPU Prices

[ExplainingComputers]

As many of you have already noticed, I have spelt AMD EPYC incorrectly in the main table (eg at 1:28 I have it listed as "EYPC" rather than "EPYC"). And I have it both right and wrong on the same graphic at 8:38. But the thumbnail is right! :) My apologies for this -- I so often accidentally transpose two letters and do not notice. So I am mad at myself today. :(

[fabiankall]

Two Years of professional IT Training have not been enough to shed a reasonable light on this topic. You have done so in under 13 minutes.Thumbs up!

[sbc_tinkerer]

Finally, an explanation of the secret code chip makers use to name their specific chip models. Thank you!

[richardeadon]

Wow you're nearly at ¾ million subs, and every one deserved. Onwards to 1m and beyond!

[BotBytesHQ]

This was the much-overlooked topic for anyone to understand when purchasing different versions. Thank you for sharing in-depth knowledge on two different brands.

[eric.is.online]

Hats off to you for the integrated graphics warning. I made that mistake when I built my gen 1 i5 machine.

[DCFusor]

"Cache will require a whole video of its own." Yup, please. Cycles latency vs hit/miss/level are scary and tend to make things a lot slower than those gHz clock speeds.

[rolandssavdons]

Every IT teacher could open your channel, set the videos on auto play and students wouldn't miss out on anything. Maybe learn even more! Amazing job!

[KrisRyanStallard]

I always appreciate how consistent and approachable these videos are.

[MicrobyteAlan]

Finally explained.. and you’re the best explainer, thanks

[Kitsune_Dev]

This guy really likes computers he should teach us about them

[TheItalianGentleman]

Taking my comptia A+ and net+ and enrolled in IT and computer engineering classes at community college your channel has helped me so much

Me so happy. Another video. Thank you for making these videos every Sunday. It makes my Sunday complete.

[JadedDark]

Easily the best breakdown of CPU/GPU families that I've found on YouTube... and all under 13 min!

[CnCDune]

The most important video; on a nice, sunny Sunday.

I now want some tea while watching this :)

[techman]

Happy Easter everyone. Chris, thank you for this video. Very timey and gives us a n overview on all types of CPUs. Great stuff. Enjoy your day!

[marisanya]

I’ve seen your older videos for key information and explanations many times, but since they were all from around the 2010 era, I didn’t expect this channel to still be active. Amazing!

I suppose I should sub :)

[GraemeWant]

Very well explained. I am an ex computer engineer. Started servicing computers in 1971. The CPU speed then of the Big Iron was 2MHz. No Cache, 64KB memory, 10MB Hard Disk. They also had Printers and Magnetic Tape Units. How things have changed. However what annoys me to day is the change in terminology used, for operations that virtually the same but now have different names. For example Subroutines are now called Functions. Threads is an interesting name, we used to call it Multi-programming. Threads is however a better name. I try not to stay stuck in the past.

[doncosner]

Your explanation of the product codes was especially interesting! Thank you!

[RPBCACUEAIIBH]

This is probably the most compact explanation I found by a quick search. Good job!