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 ...

Nine X3D CPUs, two platforms, and 14 games tested. We compare every Ryzen 5 and 7 X3D processor to find out how much performance has improved ...

TL;DR: AMD's Ryzen 5 5500X3D, a new Zen 3 processor, shows strong synthetic performance with Geekbench scores of 1936 (single-core) and 9292 (multi-core), outperforming the Ryzen 5 5500 by up to 13%.

We're certain many of you already have a solid understanding of how we perform CPU benchmarks, but as new people develop interest in PC tech and start to read our content, or content similar to ours, ...

AMD and Intel dominate today's desktop processor market, and we review all their key releases, using a wide range of tests to evaluate performance across various scenarios. Considering architecture, ...

A leaked PassMark benchmark suggests Intel’s unannounced Arc G3 Extreme processor, part of its Panther Lake lineup, outperforms AMD’s Ryzen Z2 Extreme in both single- and multi-threaded tests. The ...

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 ...

Since 1983, PCWorld has been testing PCs, and while we made the jump from paper to digital years ago, our mission remains the same: We’re here to help you make better choices about your PC hardware ...

Our early tests of the 16-core, 24-thread Core i9-12900HX in MSI’s new GT77 Titan gaming laptop show massive performance potential across CPU-intensive tests and CPU-reliant gaming alike. In short, ...

When Apple announced the first three chips in its M3 processor family, the M3 Pro immediately stood out. Not because it was a huge leap over the prior generation, but because it was the first time we ...

Still lags behind AMD's top X3D chips for gaming Can get quite hot More reliant on fast RAM than AMD X3D chips If you're in the market for an all-around powerful gaming CPU but don't want to stretch ...