Beginning next year, AMD will modify the naming practice for Ryzen laptop CPUs. According to AMD, this makes distinguishing between models easier. It solely refers to the names of Ryzen laptop CPUs. The names of desktop variations will remain the same.

AMD claims it is partially renaming its processors because the old model name scheme no longer allowed for CPUs in new processor categories. The Ryzen Mobile CPUs will retain a four-digit model designation with a suffix, but the numbers' meanings will be altered. For example, AMD will allocate a standard figure to the underlying architecture beginning next year. This was not always obvious in the past. In the Ryzen 5000 Mobile series, AMD, for example, offered processors with Zen 2 cores as well as variants with Zen 3 cores. The firm has chosen to use the first number to show the model year. This should clear up some of the confusion that used to happen. The second number in the model name will tell you where the chip will be in the product stack. In this case, we might get some new 6 and 8 models, but there's no guarantee that AMD will use these segments in real products. The third number is architecture. For example, a four means Zen 4 architecture. The last number in the model names is a new feature. AMD has sub SKUs that offer better performance than the base SKU of a particular model, and this number will only be a 0 or a 5. Last. AMD has added a new suffix: C for Chromebook. This means that the chips are between 15 and 28 watts and have been made for Chromebooks in particular. The current HX, HS, U suffixes, and lowercase e for 9 W versions of U SKUs will be kept. AMD has also divided its mobile CPUs into groups, as shown in the chart below, to try to make it easier to understand how each model can be used. The chart is pretty easy to understand, have a peek.