In a surprise first for the ages, PassMark has revealed that the average CPU performance on desktops and laptops in 2025 has declined year-on-year. Despite new Intel Arrow Lake and AMD Fire Range ...

In this piece, I explain with data why when testing a CPU's gaming prowess, we pair powerful flagship tier graphics cards, like an RTX 4090, and run them at lower resolutions like 1080p or 720p. For ...

It looks as though there are already a few samples of Arrow Lake CPUs in the hands of tech leakers right now, as a series of Intel Core Ultra 9 285K benchmarks have seemingly just been leaked. The ...

A new AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D benchmark has leaked, and it appears to show a substantial increase in clock speed compared to the new CPU's predecessor, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. While the latter is an amazing ...

Intel's new 14th-generation Core and Core Ultra ("Meteor Lake") CPUs are now available. Here's a rundown of details and ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Intel is most popular CPU makers over the past 30 years, and, in some instances, it's been the only real choice if you want to build your own ...

AMD is coming under some fire for performance data it shared following its Computex 2024 keynote. Thankfully, the data in question doesn’t concern AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 9000 CPUs, which are slated to ...

The Geekbench 6 test measures the CPU capabilities of devices. The test outputs single-core and multi-core scores. The single-core test evaluates the performance of a single CPU core, and the ...

AMD held its Advancing AI 2024 event last week, where it launched its latest datacenter silicon—the 5th Generation EPYC processor (codenamed “Turin”) and the MI325X AI accelerator. On the networking ...

If new information from a renowned leaker is true, AMD's next gen Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 CPUs could be up to 40% faster than current Ryzen 7000 models. Despite a huge impending desktop processor war coming ...

You might want to install the 24H2 update if you have a Ryzen CPU. You might want to install the 24H2 update if you have a Ryzen CPU. is a senior correspondent and ...