CPUs

We put the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, Intel Core i7-12700K, and Core i9-12900K through a six-round fight to see which gaming chip comes out on top.

We put the Core i5-12400, Ryzen 5 5600X and Ryzen 5 5600G through a six-round fight to see which gaming chip comes out on top.

We put the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X up against the Core i9-11900K in a six-round battle to determine which chip deserves your hard-earned dollars.

With LN2, AMD's new flagship chip can hit 6.05 GHz on all 16 cores.

By adding LN2 and tweaking memory settings, I brought AMD’s Ryzen 9 3900XT up to a record-setting 5.7-GHz. Here’s how.

Welcome to the Core i9-9900KF. Yes, this is not a typo. The eight-core 16-thread Core i9-9900KF is the newest mainstream processor from Team Intel. And versus the 9900K, it may overclock better.

World-leading competitive overclocker Splave explains how he pushed the Core i9-10900K to new limits.

We have the new eight-core Zhaoxin KaiXian processor, which hails from China, in for testing.

We put the Ryzen 5 3600X up against the Core i5-9600K in a seven-round faceoff.

I took this 64-core beast all the way up to 5.7 GHz from its stock speed of 4.3 GHz.

The SPEC committee unleashes the Threadripper 3990X's cores with an update to the SPECworkstation 3 benchmark.

We put the two fastest eight-core chips on the market head-to-head in a seven round battle for supremacy.

An overclocker dreams of soaring into first place ranking for CInebench with a 3D-printed dragon head and AMD CPU.

Some used CPUs are not what they appear to be. Here’s how to avoid buying a fake CPU.

We get an exclusive tour of the facility where Intel pushes chips to their absolute limit.

Intel and AMD's finest mainstream chips go toe-to-toe in a seven-round faceoff.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Core i9-10980XE: High End Flagships Fight

This specially-binned chip got as quick as 6.95 GHz on all of its cores or over 7-GHz on a single core.

Who has the most secure processors, AMD or Intel?

We take Intel's unreleased Special Edition Core i9-9900KS for a benchmarking spin.