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TL;DR: PassMark has been aggregating CPU performance data for nearly two decades based on collective scores recorded through its benchmarking software. For the first time in 20 years, however, the ...

AMD today launched the fastest gaming processor ever with its new Ryzen 7 9850X3D. The company shared performance benchmarks and more details. At CES 2026 today, AMD made a couple of major mobile ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. AMD delivers the ultimate blow to Intel, thanks to its second-gen 3D V-Cache technology. If you buy something ...

One of the best ways to evaluate the performance of your CPU is to run one of the many great benchmarks that are available. They’ll test its raw performance in both single-threaded and multi-threaded ...

After months of rumors, Intel has finally announced its 12th Gen Alder Lake desktop processors. The Alder Lake line features six processors that debut Intel’s new hybrid architecture, which mixes ...

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 ...

Intel's already-launched 13th-gen CPUs, code-named "Raptor Lake," are fantastically-fast and reasonably-priced, too. They're also pretty hot and power-thirsty. While that's to be expected for ...

PC bottleneck detection helps pinpoint which component limits performance when games stutter, apps lag, or multitasking feels sluggish. Many slow PC diagnosis issues surface through simple observation ...

Unlike other benchmarks like Cinebench or Geekbench, all SPEC CPU versions do not contain a ready-made installation file. The responsible consortium provides the source code, which testers must ...