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, ...
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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 ...
We just tested the new Intel Core Ultra Series 3 chips, and Apple is now officially on notice. Here are our benchmark results ...
Intel’s Panther Lake generation is almost ready to hit store shelves, with the first Core Ultra Series 3 laptops expected to arrive on January 27.Ahead of that date, early performance data for the ...
Intel’s Core Ultra lineup of desktop and laptop processors has been frustrating to review. None of them have been ...
AMD’s Mendocino processors for low-cost laptops generated a bit of buzz when they were announced earlier this year. In order to keep costs low while offering decent performance, AMD equips these chips ...
Intel's Raptor Lake Refresh series is rumored to launch next month. CPUs from the new lineup are already starting to appear online - with the flagship Intel Core i9-14900KF popping up in Geekbench 6 ...
A new Intel Core Ultra CPU benchmark has just appeared in the Geekbench browser, potentially showing off the first real-world results of an unreleased Arrow Lake CPU, the Intel Core Ultra 5 225F. The ...
A hot potato: China is willing to fight US restrictions on advanced technology with domestically-produced chip products, and the highly-discussed Loongson CPU line is receiving further confirmation ...
Today, we're taking a more in-depth look at a clock-for-clock (IPC) test of Intel LGA 1700 processors. This means we're comparing the 12th-gen, 13th-gen, and the "new" 14th-gen CPU models we recently ...