But when might we see such CPU cores in a PC?

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, ...

While previous leaked benchmarks had the 273PQE beating the Core i9-14900K, new data shows a four-year-old CPU pulling ahead ...

A new AMD Ryzen CPU benchmark leak has just appeared, and it shows the potentially awesome power of the company's new Threadripper CPUs for multi-threading work. This new leak appears to show the raw ...

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 ...

Updated suites reflect a multi-year collaboration between competing organizations to provide unbiased performance benchmarks for understanding real-world application performance scenarios ...

Processor design over the last few decades has moved toward RISC processors that aim to implement a few simple operations very efficiently. For a while, though, the trend was toward ...

We list the best benchmarks software, to make it simple and easy to improve your PC's performance and test it against other hardware set-ups. This is especially useful if looking to buy a new PC, or ...

AMD today launched the fastest gaming processor ever with its new Ryzen 7 9850X3D. The company shared performance benchmarks and more details. At CES 2026 today, AMD made a couple of major mobile ...

The Network Processing Forum this week released benchmark specifications for measuring the performance of network processors. The industry consortium started laying out its benchmarks in October; this ...

PC bottleneck detection helps pinpoint which component limits performance when games stutter, apps lag, or multitasking feels sluggish. Many slow PC diagnosis issues surface through simple observation ...

In less than a month we'll see the release of AMD's new Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series, so it's time we updated all of our CPU data in preparation for their arrival. And that's exactly what we've spent ...