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The article says: 'The ESP32-C5 enriches Espressif’s Wi-Fi 6 solutions as a follow-up to the ESP32-C6 SoC, which was announced last year'

Odd naming scheme, aren't the version numbers supposed to increase?

They're not version numbers, they're model numbers. And the C5 seems to have fewer features/peripherals than the C6.