A supposed bargain is currently causing considerable discussion: The Chuwi CoreBook X, which is officially advertised with an AMD Ryzen 5 7430U, has an older Ryzen 5 5500U installed. This system software deceives the user. This not only raises the question of performance, but also severely damages trust in the manufacturer's product specifications.
That’s my bad for not remembering AMD’s fucking atrocious nonstandard mobile chip naming schemes.
That said, I went and looked up both models, they are both listed as using the FP6 interface. So they are electrically and mechanically compatible, likely just needing a bios update, my point is still valid.
That’s my bad for not remembering AMD’s fucking atrocious nonstandard mobile chip naming schemes.
Atrocious compared to Intel? The first CPU with the name Core i7 was released in 2008, but Intel is still releasing a CPU named Core i7 as recently as 2023. They both suck, but in different ways.
Honestly, we know where the root of this problem came from. Back in the 1990s Intel broke with convention of using ever increasing numeric model numbers
8086
8088
80186
80286
80386
80486
Pentium …wait, what?! Not 80586? Nope.
Intel didn’t like that other CPU manufacturers of x86 CPUs (AMD, Cyrix, IBM) could use the same numbering scheme. So Intel created “Pentium” because it could be copyrighted/trademarked so other companies couldn’t use it.
There is no CPU with a model number of Pentium. Intel’s flagship CPUs, in order, were:
4004
8008
8080
8085
8086
80186 (for less than a month; model number A80186)
80286 (model number A80286)
80386 (later renamed to i386; model number A80386)
i486 (model number A80486)
Pentium (model number A80500, A80501, A80502)
The i386 and i486 had multiple variants with suffixes to the model number (the 486DX and DX2 are often mentioned), and then the Pentium had enough variants that they incremented the model number a couple of times and then changed it completely; Pentium Pro and later CPUs have completely different model numbers.
That’s a model number, not a name. The first Pentium had a model number of A80501, but you wouldn’t seriously claim that it’s really the 80501, would you?
Oops, my mistake, you were wrong about the Pentium, then, not the 486. Its model number, as I said, was A80501. You switched from model numbers to names.
That’s my bad for not remembering AMD’s fucking atrocious nonstandard mobile chip naming schemes.
That said, I went and looked up both models, they are both listed as using the FP6 interface. So they are electrically and mechanically compatible, likely just needing a bios update, my point is still valid.
Atrocious compared to Intel? The first CPU with the name Core i7 was released in 2008, but Intel is still releasing a CPU named Core i7 as recently as 2023. They both suck, but in different ways.
Everyone’s nomenclature sucks after 2016. Model numbers don’t mean anything is what I mean lol
Honestly, we know where the root of this problem came from. Back in the 1990s Intel broke with convention of using ever increasing numeric model numbers
Intel didn’t like that other CPU manufacturers of x86 CPUs (AMD, Cyrix, IBM) could use the same numbering scheme. So Intel created “Pentium” because it could be copyrighted/trademarked so other companies couldn’t use it.
There is no 80486. It’s called the i486.There is no CPU with a model number of Pentium. Intel’s flagship CPUs, in order, were:
The i386 and i486 had multiple variants with suffixes to the model number (the 486DX and DX2 are often mentioned), and then the Pentium had enough variants that they incremented the model number a couple of times and then changed it completely; Pentium Pro and later CPUs have completely different model numbers.
Such a confident answer! And so incorrect too!
That’s a model number, not a name. The first Pentium had a model number of A80501, but you wouldn’t seriously claim that it’s really the 80501, would you?
Read my prior post, I specifically SAID it was a model number.
You’re embarrassing yourself with your pedantry. You said 80486 didn’t exist. It did. Seriously, quit while you’re behind here.
Oops, my mistake, you were wrong about the Pentium, then, not the 486. Its model number, as I said, was A80501. You switched from model numbers to names.