{"id":1209275,"date":"2023-12-06T17:19:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T22:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1209275"},"modified":"2023-12-06T17:19:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T22:19:17","slug":"intel-accuses-amd-of-selling-old-cpus-with-new-model-numbers-which-intel-also-does","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1209275","title":{"rendered":"Intel accuses AMD of selling old CPUs with new model numbers, which Intel also does"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/intel-core-truths-02-800x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"A now-deleted Intel presentation makes a good point, but with a side of disingenuousness. \" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/intel-core-truths-02-scaled.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1440\" data-width=\"2560\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> A now-deleted Intel presentation makes a good point, but with a side of disingenuousness.  <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>AMD <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2022\/09\/amd-is-making-laptop-cpu-model-numbers-simultaneously-less-and-more-confusing\/\">changed the way it numbers its Ryzen laptop processors<\/a> last year, switching to a new system that simultaneously provides more concrete information than the old one while also partially obfuscating the exact age of the various CPU and GPU architectures being mixed-and-matched.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, a knowledgeable buyer can look at the &#8220;3&#8221; in the Ryzen 5 7530U processor and determine that it uses an older Zen 3-based CPU core. But a less-knowledgeable buyer could be forgiven for looking at the &#8220;7000&#8221; part and assuming that the chip is significantly newer and better than 2021&#8217;s Ryzen 5600U, when in reality the two are substantially identical.<\/p>\n<p>Intel came out swinging against this naming scheme in a confrontational slide deck this week\u2014now deleted, but <a href=\"https:\/\/videocardz.com\/newz\/intel-compares-amd-zen2-architecture-in-ryzen-7000-series-to-snake-oil\">preserved for posterity<\/a> by VideoCardz\u2014where it accuses AMD of selling &#8220;snake oil&#8221; by using older processor architectures in ostensibly &#8220;new&#8221; chips.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1989028#p3\">Read 11 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1989028&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1989028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intel accuses AMD of selling old CPUs with new model numbers, which Intel also does<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ A now-deleted Intel presentation makes a good point, but with a side of disingenuousness. 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