Processors have you perplexed? AMD’s lineup of CPUs and APUs explained

Contents New blood Old guard What about APUs? But that's not to say its lineup is any more simple. On top of having powerful gaming and multitasking processors throughout the price/performance spectrum, AMD also has a solid offering of Accelerated Processing Units, or APUs, that deliver great graphics and CPU power on one die. It even teamed up with Intel in recent months for a unique competitor for Nvidia's discrete graphics offerings. In this guide, we'll walk you through the various configurations of AMD processors, what they're good for and why they've given the competition something to worry about for the first time in a long time. Wondering which AMD CPU is right for you? Check out our Ryzen buying guide . New blood Ryzen CPUs The poster child for the real resurgence AMD experienced in 2017, Ryzen CPUs, based on AMD's Zen architecture, have proved a force to be reckoned with. They threw down the gauntlet at Intel's feet in a big way and forced the chip giant to respond in ways we haven't seen since AMD's Athlon 64+ chips pushed Intel to move beyond its Pentium 4s. Although Ryzen chips still tend to fall behind their Intel counterparts… Read full this story

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