Ryzen 9 5950X going for the all-time low price of $364
The Best CPU Coolers - Early 2024
How should you keep your CPU cool? The more powerful your CPU is, the bigger and better cooler you'll need, but rest assured our guide will cover many great options at every size and price point.
Intel 15th-gen Core 'Arrow Lake' might support 120 Gbps Thunderbolt 5 and 20 PCIe 5.0 lanes
Intel's Arrow Lake-S desktop CPUs could ditch Hyper-Threading after more than two decades
Intel Granite Rapids Xeon CPUs could ship with up to 480MB of L3 cache
What just happened? Intel's next-gen Xeon CPUs, codenamed Granite Rapids, could come with a massive cache upgrade compared to their predecessors. While the high-end Emerald Rapids SKUs ship with up to 320MB of L3 cache, the leading Granite Rapids chips are said to offer a whopping 480MB of L3 cache.
Dual-core "Intel 300" CPU disappointing benchmarks prove modern games need more cores
AMD Zen 5 'Granite Ridge' CPUs enter mass production, will arrive in late 2024
AMD stock reaches almost unprecedented value thanks to AI chip demand
Faster GPU or Faster CPU: Ryzen 7600 + RTX 4070 Ti vs. Ryzen 7800X3D + RTX 4070
Usually we recommend PC gamers on a budget to adopt the min/max strategy. This means spending as little as possible on almost everything, except the GPU, where most of the budget should be allocated.
AMD recommends pairing Ryzen 8000G APUs with dual-channel DDR5-6000 memory
AMD's Ryzen 8700G APU features an 8-core Zen 4 CPU with integrated Radeon 780M graphics
Custom Steam Deck APU from AMD exposed in detailed die analysis
AMD Ryzen 8000G Hawk Point desktop APU prices revealed in premature listings
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs. Intel Core i9-14900K
It's time to take an updated look at the gaming performance of the Core i9-14900K and Ryzen 7 7800X3D, comparing head-to-head AMD and Intel's best gaming processors to see which one you should buy.
Qualcomm claims Snapdragon X Elite Arm SoC is faster than Apple's M3
Intel is refining its computing vision and where it sees the PC going
Meteor Lake integrated graphics performance is 50 to 100% faster than Raptor Lake's, according to Intel
Intel launches Core Ultra mobile CPUs with dedicated AI hardware
Intel 14th-gen Core non-K desktop CPUs arrive in January, completing Raptor Lake Refresh lineup
Overclocking blows a hidden fuse on Ryzen Threadripper 7000 CPUs, but won't void your warranty
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H underwhelms in leaked benchmarks ahead of official launch
Intel's powerhouse 144-core Xeon CPU preliminary benchmarks show performance trails behind AMD's 128-core Epyc
The Best CPUs: Productivity and Gaming
After reviewing CPUs throughout the year and revisiting the most interesting matchups post-launch, in this buying guide we put it all together to keep your CPU shopping as simple as possible.