Intel has accused AMD of “selling half-truths to unsuspecting customers” by using the Zen 2 architecture (instead of Zen 4) in some of its latest Ryzen 7000 series mobile processors. The AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and its confusing and somewhat misleading name.
Last year, AMD introduced a new naming scheme for its Ryzen 7000 series, with the first number indicating the model year, the second the segment, and the third the architecture. At first glance, looking at the name Ryzen 5 7520U, you might think that this is a new mid-range processor from AMD, since the number 7 means that it is the newest. But the Ryzen 5 7520U is indeed based on AMD’s old Zen 2 architecture, not the latest Zen 4, reports The Verge.
“Ryzen 5 7520U is built on the outdated Zen 2 architecture released in 2019!” says the presentation, exclaims Intel in its presentation. “The old AMD architecture is hidden in plain sight!”. Intel also likened AMD’s processor name to selling snake oil, a phrase used to describe deceptive marketing.
But what Intel doesn’t discuss in its presentation is its own history of confusing processor naming schemes and architectures. Intel released the Core i9 11900K in 2021, which reduced the number of cores from 10, as in the 10900K, to eight. This confusing move comes after Intel used the 14nm, 14nm+, and 14nm++ naming schemes for years, which was actually Intel’s rebranding method since it was still using the 14nm process. Eventually, in 2021, Intel abandoned the use of node names altogether, choosing to call its third-generation 10nm chips Intel 7 to sound more competitive against AMD’s products based on TSMC’s 7nm process.
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