Zen 5 is out, and AMD Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 processors are distinctly last-generation now. Only, a lot of reviewers produced benchmark data that makes Zen 5 look less like a step and more like a stumble.

Apple's M5 Max just set a new performance record, outscoring AMD's best in single-core tests and even outperforming Apple's own M3 Ultra chip in multi-core performance. The post Tests show Apple M5 ...

AMD lost out to Intel’s Core i9-13900K recently, but it’s back with its 3D V-Cache technology to challenge Intel again. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...

AMD is expected to release its Ryzen 9000 desktop processors later in July, which feature its new Zen 5 architecture, and we're getting our first look at the performance of the new processors thanks ...

A new AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D benchmark has leaked, and it appears to show a substantial increase in clock speed compared to the new CPU's predecessor, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. While the latter is an amazing ...

AMD is launching its Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X desktop CPUs tomorrow and today we can reveal our own benchmark performance as well as official pricing. Last week the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 ...

In case you missed it, at CES 2026 AMD actually did have a few consumer announcements despite that the keynote was almost entirely about AI and data center products. Among those were a couple of new ...

After checking out the hardware of the GEEKOM A5 Pro 2026 Edition mini PC with an unboxing and a teardown in the first part of the review, I've now had ...

Rated horsepower for a compute engine is an interesting intellectual exercise, but it is where the rubber hits the road that really matters. We finally have the first benchmarks from MLCommons, the ...

It’s been at least five years since a new gaming CPU really got me excited. While the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X launched back in August, anyone looking to build a dedicated gaming PC has been patiently ...

While releasing an update to its InferenceX AI inference benchmark test, formerly known as InferenceMax and thus far only ...

Four of AMD's forthcoming Zen 5 CPUs have apparently just been benchmarked, and their results show a definite uptick in performance compared to the company's current chips. This latest AMD Ryzen ...