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~~There is no 80486. It's called the i486.~~
There is no CPU with a model number of Pentium. Intel's flagship CPUs, in order, were:
The i386 and i486 had multiple variants with suffixes to the model number (the 486DX and DX2 are often mentioned), and then the Pentium had enough variants that they incremented the model number a couple of times and then changed it completely; Pentium Pro and later CPUs have completely different model numbers.
Such a confident answer! And so incorrect too!
That's a model number, not a name. The first Pentium had a model number of A80501, but you wouldn't seriously claim that it's really the 80501, would you?
Read my prior post, I specifically SAID it was a model number.
You're embarrassing yourself with your pedantry. You said 80486 didn't exist. It did. Seriously, quit while you're behind here.
Oops, my mistake, you were wrong about the Pentium, then, not the 486. Its model number, as I said, was A80501. You switched from model numbers to names.
Apology accepted. Have a great day!