TL;DR: AMD unveiled the Ryzen 9 9950X3D at CES 2025, claiming it as the best CPU for gamers and creators. It features 16 Zen 5 cores, a 5.7 GHz boost frequency, and 144MB cache. It is 8% faster than the 7950X3D in gaming and 13% faster in creator ...

The AMD Ryzen 9950X3D is the best all-round processor in the world. It's the top of the pile for gaming and it's competitive with the best of the best for productivity. But it is expensive, and even then it's so popular it's out of stock almost everywhere ...

It's a tricky time in the computer world, and nobody's quite sure what the future will hold when it comes to chip pricing. If you've been thinking about building your own PC, you should jump on picking up as many components as you can before prices get ...

Intel, CPUs, and the concept of "badness" aren't necessarily things you'd want to shout about, what with numerous well-documented issues afflicting Intel's recent processors. But a new Oregon-based startup called AheadComputing is leaning hard on the Intel ...

The number of misconceptions in the tech world can be overwhelming, but few are more frustrating than those surrounding low-resolution CPU benchmarks. We think those take the cake, but we'll admit there are plenty of great, we mean frustrating myths to ...

It’s been eight years since AMD launched its first-gen Ryzen processors and it’s incredible how far we’ve come. But while AMD might be the king of gaming CPUs now, you shouldn’t dismiss Intel just yet. Sure, Intel’s position in desktop CPUs feels ...

Today’s Intel Developer Forum fastest processor in the world gold star goes to Int—I mean, AMD? That’s right, AMD, Intel’s least-favorite chip-making rival, who apparently managed to jam prototype processing tech, incantations from a book of magic ...