Whether you're upgrading your desktop PC or building a new one, choosing the right processor is the most crucial and complex choice you will make. Let's simplify it! Here's how to make sense of AMD's ...

TL;DR: PassMark has crunched its benchmark data and observed a drop in CPU performance so far in 2025, theorizing about whether this might be down to hardware, or software issues (such as bloatware, ...

The leaked Nova Lake CPU has 8 efficiency cores and 12Xe GPU cores, but it completely lacks any performance cores, which is a ...

A new AMD Ryzen CPU benchmark leak has just appeared, and it shows the potentially awesome power of the company's new Threadripper CPUs for multi-threading work. This new leak appears to show the raw ...

AMD is expected to release its Ryzen 9000 desktop processors later in July, which feature its new Zen 5 architecture, and we're getting our first look at the performance of the new processors thanks ...

Most of AMD's upcoming Ryzen 8000 series processors will be based on the company's next-generation Zen 5 processor architecture, and that's a big deal because by all accounts, Zen 5 is going to be a ...

Updated suites reflect a multi-year collaboration between competing organizations to provide unbiased performance benchmarks for understanding real-world application performance scenarios ...

Intel is reportedly preparing a specialized Nova Lake processor aimed at edge AI and local inference workloads, according to information shared by leaker @GoldenPigUpgradePack.

A new processor won't fix your stutters as much as addressing these issues will ...

A week ago, we were discussing the misconception that CPU performance doesn't matter for 4K gaming. We showed that although sometimes it doesn't matter – as you will indeed end up GPU limited – that's ...

Over the past year and especially the last few months, we have gathered a significant amount of new CPU data, much of which we have continued to update with improved BIOS revisions and game updates.

Upgrading or building out your workhorse PC on a tight budget? Here's how to shop for the right AMD or Intel processor for ...