If you’re looking for the best CPUs for gaming or the best workstation CPU, or just one of the best budget CPUs, there are only two choices: AMD and Intel. That fact has spawned an almost religious following for both camps, and the resulting AMD vs Intel flamewars make it tricky to get unbiased advice […]
Although we know all of the details about Intel’s Lunar Lake architecture, the processors themselves have been shrouded in mystery. Now, we have our first taste of what these processors could look like, including a critical spec that Intel has kept under wraps: power draw. Specs for the full lineup of Lunar Lake CPUs were […]
Intel’s hotly-anticipated Lunar Lake CPUs look like they’re suffering a delay, at least according to a report from DigiTimes. The outlet, which covers semiconductor news, says that shipments of the chips are arriving in September and that they were originally planned for June. Intel says otherwise, however. When Intel first announced Lunar Lake, it said […]
Intel’s next-generation Lunar Lake mobile CPUs have been hotly anticipated, and since their announcement at the start of this month we’ve been keen to get our hands on them for ourselves. Recent reports suggest, however, that we won’t see the new chips until the end of this year, meaning that Intel may well miss out […]
The list of the best processors is constantly shifting, with AMD and Intel constantly duking it out for a top slot. Although both companies have released some fantastic CPUs, they’ve put out plenty of duds as well. And some of those have gained infamy among the worst CPUs of all time. We dug through the […]
Remember those “new” Ryzen 5000 chips AMD launched last week alongside its actually new Ryzen 9000 CPUs? Turns out the benchmarks AMD provided for them are horribly misleading. YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed spotted that something was a bit rotten in the Denmark of the Ryzen 7 5800XT and Ryzen 9 5900XT gaming numbers AMD put […]
Intel CEO Pat Geisinger announced the launch of the company’s Xeon 6 ‘Sierra Forest’ processors during his Computex 2024 keynote here in Taipei, Taiwan. The Xeon 6 lineup is comprised of two families. The E-core-powered Sierra Forest models with up to 144 cores are launching today, but 288-core models will follow next year. Intel’s efficiency-focused […]
This post was updated 6/3/2024 at 8:21 a.m. ET to include more information about OEMs who will sport the new AMD Ryzen AI 300 series chips. Just when you thought you had a moment away from any more AI-focused hardware news, AMD is leaping into the “AI PC” arena with its latest mobile laptop chips. […]
Intel fired yet another salvo in the AI PC war today with claims that its Lunar Lake chips, which are on track for launch in Q3 2024, deliver 1.4x more AI performance than the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chips that Microsoft showed off today. Intel also claims incredible gains in battery life and power efficiency, […]
A leaked internal presentation by Dell on its forthcoming laptop models continues to give up interesting nuggets, this time a slide notes that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X processors are cheaper and less energy-hungry than all of Intel’s recent chips, including Meteor Lake. So much so, that in some cases, battery life in equivalent laptops is extended […]
High-end Intel CPUs are about to lose some significant performance, according to a new report from BenchLife (via VideoCardz). The outlet claims Intel has sent guidance to motherboard partners to implement the Intel Default Settings on Z790 motherboards, following a wave of reports of instability on recent high-end Intel CPUs. According to the report, these […]
Arctic Cooling has unleashed its new Freezer 36 series as part of the brand’s 23rd anniversary. These will compete with the best CPU coolers on the market. Consisting of nothing less than five different variants, Arctic Cooling has a little something for everyone. The Freezer 36 supports Intel’s existing LGA1700 socket and the upcoming LGA1851 […]