Generally, yes. Ryzen CPUs tend to be more energy-efficient and produce less heat, which is good for your electricity bill and means you might not need a super-fancy cooler. Intel’s newest chips are ...

Intel’s Core Ultra 7 and AMD’s Ryzen 7 processors have different architectural strengths, with Intel focusing on its Lunar Lake and AMD on its Krackan Point designs. Performance varies; while some ...

AMD's answer is its Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 series. These chips debuted with a fizzle on the gaming front, but subsequent firmware ...

Intel’s cheapest desktop CPUs are now faster than AMD's, and Team Red is feeling pressure across the sub-$200 market.

I have been interested in science and technology for as long as I can remember, spurred on by a fondness for video games. I learned to work in Windows and manipulate files to get buggy games to work, ...

The winner of the PC Gamer Hardware Award for the best gaming CPU will be announced on New Year's Eve. It's obvious that AMD ...

Intel remains the dominant player in the x86 space when it comes to market share, both overall and in individual segments such as desktop, server, and mobile. However, AMD continues to chip away at ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Gaming can be a fun hobby, but it isn't necessarily a cheap one, especially if you're a PC gamer. Between modern GPUs with terrible ...

There's Intel and AMD on the x86 side, with Apple and Qualcomm making Arm-based processors on the other. We break down the advantages and drawbacks of each to help you pick the right chip for your ...

Current AMD Ryzen desktop processors that use stacked 3D V-Cache top out at 128 MB of L3 from a single die. However, a recent post from ...

As newer, more efficient silicon manufacturing processes have gotten more expensive and difficult to develop, chipmakers like Intel and AMD have repeatedly rebranded some of their older processors ...

What’s happened? An unofficial mobile CPU roadmap shows upcoming lineups from both AMD and Intel. Unfortunately, sources point to a long wait for both brands. This is important because: Next-gen ...