nonAMD

NonAMD is an informal shorthand used primarily in tech media, forums, and inventories to denote hardware or software that is not produced by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). It contrasts AMD-branded products with those from other vendors. The term is nonstandard and not part of AMD's branding; it is defined by context.

Typical domains include CPUs, GPUs, graphics accelerators, and other components. Examples of "non-AMD" items include Intel CPUs, Nvidia GPUs, ARM-based processors (such as Apple Silicon and Qualcomm chips), and other vendors' products. In reviews or compatibility charts, "non-AMD" may be used to separate performance, drivers, or feature support from AMD offerings.

Because AMD competes across multiple markets, "non-AMD" does not imply any uniform specification or capability. It also may be ambiguous in mixed environments (for example, a system that combines an AMD CPU with a non-AMD GPU, or vice versa). As a result, readers should rely on explicit vendor names and model numbers rather than the umbrella term.