AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen 7 5800X
Enter AMD's best-ever desktop processors.
Intel 8c/16t Rocket Lake score appears on Geekbench
5GHz boost reported
Intel confirms 10nm desktop plans but delays 7nm
Alder Lake-S due 2H 2021, 7nm in late 2022/early 2023
Yesterday Intel released five new Core 2 processors with 1333MHz front side bus speeds. We compare the new flagship QX6850 quad-core chip, along with the E6850 and E6750, to ten other processors to find out which CPU represents the best buy at the moment.
July 17, 2007 | 09:28Yesterday morning, AMD announced what is probably its final member of the K8 family. The Athlon 64 X2 6000+ is AMD's first socket AM2 processor to break through the 3GHz barrier. In the wake of AMD's latest round of price cuts, the X2 6000+ has an attractive price, but does that make it a good buy?
February 22, 2007 | 12:22We have a look at Intel's recently-released budget Core 2 Duo E4300, which is the first chip to be based on the Allendale core. Does it live up to what we've come to expect from Intel's Core 2 line-up, and does it become our preferred budget overclockers processor? Read on to find out.
February 1, 2007 | 15:28Today, Intel has announced what it claims is one of the biggest advancements in fundamental transistor design by using dramatically new materials to build the insulating walls and switching gates in its 45nm transistors. We have a look at what you can expect to see...
January 27, 2007 | 05:11We have a look at one of AMD's first 65 nanometre Brisbane processors. Does AMD's move to more advanced process technology change the landscape in the processor marketplace, or will Intel's Core 2 processors continue to rule the roost? Read on to find out...
January 17, 2007 | 15:40Today, Intel has officially unveiled its eagerly-anticipated Core 2 Duo product line up based on the Conroe processor. We have an in-depth look at the performance of the Core 2 Duo E6400, E6600, E6700 and Core 2 Extreme X6800. Are the processors really as good as the previews said?
July 14, 2006 | 06:35Well-known as a gamer's best friend, AMD chips have dominated the enthusiast sector for quite a while now. AMD is now moving the Athlon 64 to a new platform, called AM2, with a new line of chips and a DDR2 memory controller. How do the new chips line up against the old - and against Intel's Core Duo?
May 23, 2006 | 11:25What's faster than an AMD Athlon FX-60? Well, an Intel Core Duo overclocked on a fantastic AOpen board based on the 975X chipset. We get to grips with Intel's portable processing powerhouse in a desktop board and contemplate - is this a sign of things to come?
May 19, 2006 | 16:12Today, Intel is announcing the final chapter of its NetBurst architecture with the successor to the Pentium XE 955. We run the Pentium Extreme Edition 965 through our battery of benchmarks - read on to see the first benchmark with an Intel beating an Athlon in ages...
March 22, 2006 | 16:00Continuing this week's theme, we've had a pair of Intel's processors in the test labs this week: The 3.8GHz Pentium 4 670 and the 2.8GHz dual cored Pentium D 820. Which is best? High clock speed single core with HyperThreading, or the lower clock speed, two cores and no HyperThreading? We have the answers inside...
August 26, 2005 | 09:47This morning, AMD announce the fourth generation Athlon 64 FX: the FX-57. The chip is manufactured on a new 90nm process, using the San Diego core - Tim Smalley evaluates what the Athlon 64 FX-57 brings to bleeding edge gaming enthusiasts. Is the latest generation Athlon 64 FX worth buying? Read on to find out...
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