The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is already the best gaming processor out right now, but AMD is following up with a mid-generation refresh at CES 2026, with the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. This new gaming processor is ...

If you're looking at buying a new Ryzen CPU, the time is now, and we mean right now, as in literally within the next few hours. That's because AMD is expected to raise prices on its CPUs at the ...

Discussions about CPUs often frame one instruction set architecture (ISA) against another—x86 vs. Arm, Arm vs. RISC-V, and so on. However, it’s common to use multiple CPU architectures in a single ...

Change your current power plan and see if it helps. Open the Control Panel and go to Hardware and Sound > Power Options. Now, select another available power plan. You can also create a new custom ...

Intel has confirmed that it's about to issue another microcode update for its 13th-gen and 14th-gen Raptor Lake CPUs, meaning you'll need to update your motherboard BIOS again. As with the raft of ...

Summary: Xiaomi appears to be working on a “Chip Performance Dashboard” that would bring its smartphones even closer to traditional PCs. The option would function as a “CPU tuner” that would allow you ...

Strings found in MIUI firmware suggest Xiaomi is developing a ‘Chip performance dashboard’ feature. This dashboard would allow users to adjust CPU and GPU frequencies and voltages within safe ...

AMD is responsible for some of the best processors for gamers right now, but for a handful of unlucky users, these CPUs seem to be running into issues lately. Reports from Reddit indicate failures big ...

It’s easy to look strictly at the type of CPU and GPU you have when evaluating the kind of performance you’re likely to get in PC games. But beyond that lies another important stat, the CPU cache.

Nvidia's GTC keynote helmed by none other than its great leader Jensen Huang was filled with all kinds of wonders from rack computers with 130 trillion transistors and an exoflop of compute to an ...

TL;DR: PassMark has been aggregating CPU performance data for nearly two decades based on collective scores recorded through its benchmarking software. For the first time in 20 years, however, the ...

Antonia Haynes is a Game Rant writer who resides in a small seaside town in England where she has lived her whole life. Beginning her video game writing career in 2014, and having an avid love of ...