Intel

A CPU manufacturing company. Most popular in the world. They utilize x86 Assembly(Intel)

Processor Brands

Pentium

poo poo CPUs. Pentium 4 is notoriously slow and congested and always 200C

Core

I7. i5, i3, etc..

• Core M is for laptops

Deciphering Processor Numbers

Intel Core i7 7500 U

• Intel Core - ‘Core’ brand
• i7 - Chip family
• 7___ - Generation of i7
• _500 - Stock Keeping Unit
• U - alpha suffix for ultra-low power Intel Core i7 12700K
• Intel Core - ‘Core’ brand
• i7 - Chip family
• 12___ - Generation of i7
• __700 - SKU numbers
• K - alpha suffix for overclockable