I guess AMD just can’t have enough of the nomenclature chaos, because they decided to add more of them: as spotted by @Olrak29_ on X/Twitter, the chipmaker has introduced two “new” lineups of processors – Ryzen 100 and Ryzen 10 series – that are effectively yet another rebrand of the existing models.
Really, AMD?
So, let’s laid out AMD’s current nomenclature across all of its active products today. For desktops, you have the Ryzen 9000 series, which somewhat logically follows the APU-only Ryzen 8000 series and the full Ryzen 7000 series. Not exactly straightforward, but works well enough for what it’s worth. Laptop segments, meanwhile, is where chaos ensues.
Amongst all the Zen 5-powered laptop chips, first you have the desktop-replacement Ryzen 9000HX series, and then there’s the Ryzen AI 300 series (emphasis on ‘AI’ because that’s the hottest thing among tech companies in 2025), which is further split into Ryzen AI 5, Ryzen AI 7, Ryzen AI 9, Ryzen AI 9 HX, and Ryzen AI Max. Now you may ask, why ‘300’? One could argue AMD simply wants to one-up Intel on the numbers game, despite them officially claiming this is the third generation of laptop chips featuring NPUs.
So when AMD rebrands some of the previous-generation models, the original Ryzen 8000 series gets thrown into Ryzen 200 series, sans AI branding this time (which more or less contradicts AMD’s claims we just mentioned). And now, since the chipmaker is also refreshing its older Zen 3+ and Zen 2-based lineup (aka Ryzen 7035 “Rembrandt” and Ryzen 7020 “Mendocino” respectively), these gets new names under the Ryzen 100 and Ryzen 10 banner, meaning you get names like “Ryzen 3 110”, or a slightly odd-sounding “Ryzen 5 40”. The tweet above lists all the rehashed models AMD has silently launched.
The fact is, if you buy a laptop that lists Ryzen 5 40 as its processor, you’re effectively buying a Ryzen 5 7520U launched in September 2022, which in itself was based on a CPU architecture released in 2020. Granted, you won’t find these models sneaking into premium laptops, but buyer beware if you’re looking for something that supports the latest standards, which these refreshed-and-rebranded chips may not have.
Source: Videocardz
Pokdepinion: I start to wonder if AMD’s desktop and laptop CPU marketing department are completely different groups of people.
