Ryzen's Confusing New Numbering Scheme

Learn about AMD's somewhat confusing naming and numbering scheme for its new Ryzen 7000 mobile CPUs.

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[uwuclxdy]

To be honest, nothing can be worse than USB naming scheme

[MusicalGeniusBar]

I think I’m going to become rich, buy out AMD and Nvidia and make normal naming conventions forever

[arnavjade]

In the new naming scheme, you can add all the digits of a year and you get the first digit of the sku.
Eg. 2023 2+0+2+3=7
2024 2+0+2+4=8

[ohdubwest]

Oddly enough, it makes me think of the naming scheme used for metals. If you understand the rules, you can very quickly get the important details (i.e. 1095 is steel that is alloyed with .95% carbon). Works great … if you know the rules.

[NutellaToastOW]

It's harder for people who don't know about tech so much, but it's much easier to somewhat accurately guess the performance and capabilities of a chip just from the name itself for the tech enthusiastic audience.

[Joma]

Not quite sure what I should think of this. We probably have to wait and see how the naming scheme holds up in use. At least AMD explains what number means what.

[Xeros_VII]

I personally like the naming scheme except for that like a Ryzen X8XXY is either a Ryzen 7 or 9. it just gives clarity for newer models by just looking at the name

[kevinwetsch]

Never put it past companies like AMD, Intel, Nvidia or the rest to overcomplicate even the simplest of things.

[johnmiller]

I actually love this naming scheme. It tells you way more than previous ones.

[david-gabrielpop]

Besides the Year numbering scheme, everything else makes perfect sense it's fairly alright. Thought only the year to be indicative of the CPU age is bad.

[epicnicity]

Imagine when we get to 2026 and to zen 10. Can't wait for the Ryzen 9 109105HX

[ArdentMoogle]

The year and architecture should nearly be synonymous, and it's misleading to have both, especially if for example the incremental improvements between a 2023 zen 4 and 2028 zen 4 are next to none.
You'd see 7640hx vs. 12640hx and assume the latter is leagues ahead of the other. They should have done it in a way that felt more linear, ie. (instead of year), etc
Then the above examples would read 4610hx vs. 4660hx. Much smaller looking and visibly incremental improvements. This also fixes the issue in the future when we have zen 10 or higher, and see chips like the 126100hx.

[ddpwe]

What they had, actually made sense. This is just a way for them to sneak in their old tech at higher prices than they'd normal go for and also potentially tricking people to believe it's the next generation, just not as good. Makes you really understand how little these companies care about the people who purchase their products. smh

[commanderoof]

The new naming scheme will get a hand calculator at some point

The 4 numbers have a meaning to each nothing special or hard about it

It actually makes it easier for mobile people to get the right CPU while not conflicting with the desktop naming scheme

[AlexandreMS]

It makes sense but is a tad confusing at the same time. Well I am old enough to remember when AMD started to use number codes instead of just clock speeds to name processors.
We will adapt.

[plumokin]

Honestly I like that they're trying to explain it so that everyone can understand. The naming scheme might be really odd, but at least there's clear information on what everything means.

[denverag]

I really like that this information is in the product name.
I cant tell you how many people i had to let down gently because no, that $189 laptop with an Athon 3050E was in fact not Zen2, not even Zen+, but the OG Zen1

[einstijn]

Tbh, it might be confusing, but it's actually extremely clear
Props to AMD for actually provide the full scheme
It's just confusing that there are multiple architectures within the same generation, and that numbers aren't exclusive

[inqizzo]

Pulseway got an ad on youtube made for ltt videos with linus talking about their service, and my brain automaticly thought that it was just a sponsorship and i watched the entire ad

[heedmywarning]

It seems the least significant thing is the model year. The most important thing(s) are the performance specs.