Intel is the most popular processor company in the world. Intel has three lines of processors, Pentium, Celeron, and core. There are three Core product lines – i3, i5, and i7. All Core i3 processors are dual-core in both desktops and laptops. All of them have Hyper-Threading, but they all lack Turbo Boost. Intel’s Core i5 is in mid-range products, but the processors differ significantly between desktops and laptops. Almost all Core i5 desktop processors are quad-core (there are a few exceptions) and have Turbo Boost, but most lack Hyper-Threading. Core i5 laptop processors are dual-core (no exceptions) and have both Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading. All Core i7s have both Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading. Core i7 desktop processors are at least quad-core and a few have six cores. Core i7 laptop processors, can be dual-core or quad-core. Generation numbers are higher for newer model years, and higher model numbers generally mean a faster processor, but this can be changed by the suffix
AMD is one of the two major PC processor companies, they have been second in popularity to Intel for a long time, but competition started back up with the release of the Ryzen line. The Ryzen line is based on a 14nm "zen" architecture. The release of the AMD Threadripper 16 core proccessor promptet a rushed release of the Intel core i9 18 core proccessor.