Sometimes, this name already includes the generation right in the beginning as in "11th Gen Intel Core i5-11400F" or "13th Gen Intel Core i5-1345U." But other times, it doesn't say the generation ...

Intel has unleashed a new wave of 11th-generation Core processors ... demonstrated that even the new mid-range, six-core Core i5-11400H was on par with AMD’s Ryzen 9 5900HX.

Intel plans to stop producing its 11th-generation Core family of desktop ... named a total of 26 processors consisting of i9, i7, i5 and Xeon W models between boxed and tray versions.

For the vast majority of PC gamers, a 13th-generation Intel Core i5 CPU or AMD Ryzen 5 7000 CPU will do the trick these days since this category of processor has gained a lot of power in recent years.