AMD Most of the best AMD processors also top our best processors list thanks to the incredible performance of the Ryzen 7000 generation. Our top pick for the best AMD CPU right now is the Ryzen 9 7950X because of its incredible 16 cores, impressive performance in gaming and productivity, and its relative efficiency compared … Read more
AMD Last month at Computex, AMD announced its Zen 5-based desktop and mobile processors, set for launch later this month. Shortly after this announcement, details about their successor, code-named “Medusa,” have emerged. According to leaks, Medusa will be part of the Zen 6 lineup and is expected to be released in late 2025, contrary to … Read more
AMD An engineering sample of the Ryzen 9 9950X processor has surfaced in AIDA64 benchmarks. Shared by Anandtech Forum user igor_kavinsky, the results reveal noticeable performance gains. The Ryzen 9 9950X demonstrates a 45% improvement in AES encryption and a 39% boost in FP32 and FP64 operations over its predecessor, the Ryzen 9 7950X. The … Read more
AMD AMD’s CEO Lisa Su will make this year’s keynote speech for Team Red at Computex 2024 in the coming days, and rumors are swirling that it’ll include the big debut of AMD’s long-awaited Zen 5 processors. That may mean desktop, it may mean mobile, it may mean both, but we will absolutely hear about … Read more
Checking your CPU’s temperature is a great way to make sure that your processor is running at peak performance, as a processor that’s too hot can cause all kinds of common PC problems, from throttled performance to crashes. There are a number of different ways to check your CPU temperature, and you may have some … Read more
Video editing is one of the most intensive tasks you can ask of your CPU — even one of the best ones. It’s also one of those tasks that a CPU can really dig into, utilizing as many cores as it has on hand, and as high a clock speed as it can handle. Video … Read more
AMD’s got plenty of top-notch processors in the Ryzen 7000 lineup, but it still hasn’t given up on last-gen chips, as evidenced by its latest announcement. The company unveiled several new CPUs during an event in China, and while we’d largely expect AM5 chips at this point, we’re also seeing the previously unannounced Ryzen 5000XT … Read more
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends If you want a midrange processor in 2024, two of the best options available are AMD’s Ryzen 7 7700X and Intel’s Core i5-14600K. These $300-ish processors offer lots of cores for high performance computing and gaming, as well as 5GHz+ clock speeds. They aren’t quite as powerful as the very … Read more
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends If you’re buying or building an ultra-budget PC, then two of the best CPU options around $100 are the AMD Ryzen 5 5600, and the Intel Core i3-14100F. These chips come from two different manufacturers from different generations, and are built on very different designs. But which is best? It … Read more
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends / Digital Trends Typically, buying the latest hardware is recommended. When it comes to gaming laptops, each year we see new GPUs and CPUs that are worth the extra cash — or even waiting a few months for. But this year, things are different. We’ve just seen a slew of … Read more
