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, ...

A new PassMark database entry has put Intel’s P-core-only “Bartlett Lake” chatter back on the radar, after months with little ...

A new PassMark database entry is giving us another early look at Intel’s rumored Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus, a flagship-class ...

Year after year, CPUs get faster. Even a midrange chip from today's PCs can run circles around the fastest processors from a decade ago. But last year? That's debatable. According to the makers of ...

AMD’s unreleased Ryzen 7 7845HX laptop processor has appeared in PassMark’s laptop CPU performance charts. The Dragon Range processor, which mixes Zen 4 CPU cores and RDNA 2 graphics, hasn’t quietly ...

If you head on over to the PassMark Software CPUs benchmarks pages you might be a little surprised to find that the unreleased AMD Ryzen 5 5600X desktop processor features in its tables and charts.

This week, Intel had its Innovation event, where the company pulled the wraps off a dizzying array of next-gen technology. Notably absent was any discussion of its Raptor Lake refresh CPUs, which was ...

Editor's take: AMD's upcoming Ryzen 5 5600X CPU has made its presence known in a big way. The chip, which doesn't officially launch until November 5, is featured in the latest leaderboard update from ...

Something to look forward to: Intel will launch brand new Arrow Lake-S desktop CPUs later this month. Ahead of its release, the flagship Core Ultra 9 285K has appeared on the PassMark benchmark ...

The AMD processors are making headlines today. Not only has a new AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ reference been spotted with a full GPU configuration featuring 40 RDNA 3.5 CUs, but also a new AMD desktop processor ...