What do the letter suffixes mean in Intel's naming schemes?

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Let's take for example the Core i5 family:

Among the processors in this list, at the end of some CPU names there are letters like K,S,T,U,M,ME.

What do they mean?

Karan · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-11 00:32:17Z

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The alphabetical suffixes are explained in detail on this page. For example:

answered May 11, 2013 at 0:32

Karan

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You can also see additional info on the Wikipedia pages related to the different microarchitectures such as Ivy Bridge, Sandy Bridge etc.
– Karan
May 11, 2013 at 0:46
And what does R mean... Like i5-4570R?
– bteo
Sep 10, 2013 at 23:16
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@dudelgrincen: The page I linked to seems to have the explanation, in case you missed it ("Desktop processor based on BGA1364 (mobile) package with high performance graphics").
– Karan
Jun 11, 2014 at 20:50

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