Average CPU Performance on PCs Stalls After 20 Years of Gains PC performance scores submitted to PassMark show what appears to be the first-ever dip in average CPU performance across two decades of ...

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, ...

The benchmarks are drawn from Geekbench 6.5 and UL's Procyon suite, run on Windows 11 laptops. Qualcomm claims the 10-core X2 Plus can deliver up to ...

AMD’s 3D V-Cache strikes again with an impressive CPU for gaming. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. is a senior editor and author of ...

As promised, Intel has launched the Core Ultra Series 3 processors at CES 2026. These are the long-awaited "Panther Lake" chips, and if Intel's claims hold up under our own testing, they look ...

AMD’s Mendocino processors for low-cost laptops generated a bit of buzz when they were announced earlier this year. In order to keep costs low while offering decent performance, AMD equips these chips ...

A highly detailed Meteor Lake benchmark listing has made an appearance in PassMark's database featuring a new CPU called the Core Ultra 7 155H. The listing features unusually-detailed CPU ...

TL;DR: The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU has been leaked in a gaming benchmark for the game Factorio, confirming its existence and testing phase. However, the benchmark results are unreliable due to ...

A new benchmark result has emerged for Huawei’s upcoming server CPU, showing performance levels that rival AMD’s Zen 3 cores. The processor was spotted on the Geekbench platform, although its exact ...

The first seemingly legitimate benchmarks of Apple’s new A18 Pro chip have apparently leaked out, and they show a healthy boost in performance that should keep Apple on top of the smartphone ...

The Raspberry Pi, an innovative and cost-effective computing device, has seen a significant evolution in its performance over the years. Even though the Raspberry Pi 5 is only available to preorder ...