"I don't want to have to pore over review articles and youtube videos to figure out how many performance grades correspond to how many generational jumps and cross reference to older generations. I just don't."

If they named things properly and wouldn't mix generations within a single generational series marketing campaign (5xxx series), you wouldn't have to - as a consumer, if you wanted to buy the best, you would buy the 5000 series. They would still carry 4xxx stock - if you wanted something at a different price point, you'd buy the 4xxx series.

AMD's choice to mix generations within the same series makes things more confusing, not less confusing.