On top of the two basic intercooler core designs, there's two internal designs for intercoolers that you'll see in the aftermarket: single-pass and dual-pass. Still, if you're going for power above all other considerations, then bar-plate is the way to go. While more efficient, bar-plate intercoolers are heavier and block more airflow to other components.
Bar-Plate feature fairly thick aluminum cross-bars built into the core, which act as heat sinks on their own which improves overall cooling over typical tube-fin designs. Bar-Plate designs are much more common in aftermarket intercoolers. The downside is that they aren't as thermally efficient as bar-plate intercoolers, and aren't the greatest for outright performance. The primary advantages of tube-fin intercoolers is that they're light, generally less expensive, and allow more airflow to go through the intercooler and to radiators and other air-cooled components. The factory intercooler features a tube-fin design, and a couple of aftermarket intercoolers use tube-fin designs. Tube-fin intercoolers feature extruded tubes with fins pressed in and radiate heat into slipstream air running through the intercooler.
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