Amd ryzen nomenclature in detail

The arrival of the new AMD Ryzen processors has meant a change in the naming of the company's chips. We know that any change can be confusing at first, so we have prepared this post to explain the new nomenclature to the best of our ability.

AMD Ryzen nomenclature explained

The name of the new AMD processors is made up of several parts, each of them has been thought so that the user knows at all times what they are buying. Let's see each other in parts.

AMD already works on Ryzen's successors

First of all we have the brand, in this case it is Ryzen that indicates that it is a processor intended for home users. AMD will launch other processors under other brands that are not intended for home use, for example Naples for servers.

Next we have the segment, this would be the range and is very similar to what Intel does with its Core iX. In this way we have three different segments:

• Ryzen 7: enthusiastic range Ryzen 5: high performance Ryzen 3: mainstream or mid-range

We continue with the generation, AMD has already indicated that the Zen microarchitecture will have a life of about four years, so we are going to see several generations of Ryzen processors. The number that indicates the generation is the one that follows the segment. Let's see some examples:

• Ryzen 7 1 700X: First Generation RyzenRyzen 7 2 700X: Second Generation RyzenRyzen 7 3 700X: Third Generation Ryzen

The following numbers inform us of the performance of the processor, it is as follows:

• 7.8: Enthusiast4, 5, 6: high-performance Unknown: mainstream

We continue with the two figures that give rise to differentiations within the same performance range and finally we find the suffix that highlights special characteristics.

• X: high performance with XFRG technology: processor with: GFXT: low power processor S: low power processor with GFXU: standard mobile processor M: low power mobile processor