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, ...

In case you missed it, at CES 2026 AMD actually did have a few consumer announcements despite that the keynote was almost ...

Intel dominates the top end of PassMark’s price performance rankings in a way that would have seemed unlikely just a few ...

AMD's Threadripper Pro 5000 series hit the diy market last year, and today Luke takes a look at the 5995WX, 5975WX, and 5965WX. These are beastly CPUs and Luke puts them through our regular benchmark ...

Thanks to its hugely powerful new integrated Xe3 GPU, the Intel Panther Lake laptop CPU series has stolen a surprise victory ...

The AMD Ryzen 76000X will be the cheapest Zen 4 CPU when it arrives later this month, and many are keen to know how its performance will stack up against the competition. Now, with the launch date ...

The benchmarks are drawn from Geekbench 6.5 and UL's Procyon suite, run on Windows 11 laptops. Qualcomm claims the 10-core X2 Plus can deliver up to ...

As promised, Intel has launched the Core Ultra Series 3 processors at CES 2026. These are the long-awaited "Panther Lake" chips, and if Intel's claims hold up under our own testing, they look ...

Advanced Micro Devices and Intel compete fiercely in CPU market for PCs and servers, with Intel leading desktops and AMD leading servers. AMD has gained market share in desktop and server CPUs, but ...

PC components explained: learn what each part does, their functions, and how CPU, GPU, storage, and cooling impact performance and longevity.

Rahim is a Senior Tech/Commerce Writer at Valnet and builds PCs & networking solutions on demand. Whether It's your GPU, CPU, Display, or just an SSD upgrade, expect him to have a well-researched ...