Performance articles

After reviewing CPUs throughout the year and revisiting the most interesting matchups post-launch, in this buying guide we put it all together to keep your CPU shopping as simple as possible.

It's time we take a fresh look at DDR4 vs DDR5 memory performance using the Core i9-14900K. We're benchmarking with fast DDR5-7200 and DDR4-4000 memory, noting that these days DDR5 is cheaper than DDR4.

It's not every day that we get to review a $5,000 CPU, so this should be fun. The Ryzen Threadripper 7980X and 7970X pack 64 and 32 cores, two new super-powerful chips part of AMD's latest HEDT lineup.

Today we're taking a look back at CPUs released in the last 4 to 5 years, the Ryzen 7 3700X and Core i9-9900K. There's a good reason (but not an obvious one) why we chose these two CPUs.

With the new Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 update and Phantom Liberty expansion, we're bringing you a fresh optimization guide that goes through every setting in the game to see how to best improve performance.

The Phantom Liberty update brings significant updates to Cyberpunk 2077, including DLSS 3.5, further graphics and hardware support enhancements. It's GPU benchmark time.

The Ryzen 5 7500F is AMD's most affordable Zen 4-based CPU, though it's still a bit of an elusive offering, in this review we'll be comparing it against its chief rival, the Intel Core i5-13400F.

In this 45 game benchmark shootout we put the $600 GeForce RTX 4070 and the $500 Radeon RX 7800 XT head-to-head to see which comes up as the ultimate mid-range GPU winner.

The Radeon RX 7700 XT is AMD's latest mid-range GPU targeting the $450 price point. However, even on paper we can anticipate a few issues with the new card.

Given that the Radeon 7800 XT mirrors the 6800 XT's performance, it's not particularly thrilling, especially after 3 years. But at just $500, the 7800 XT will likely become the go-to option for many.

Bethesda's latest RPG brings with it some space opera vibes and striking visuals. Let's take a look at Starfield's GPU performance by testing 32 GPUs using different quality presets, resolutions and FSR.

It only made sense for AMD to create a 6-core X3D CPU when they had enough defective 5800X3D silicon. That time has come, albeit on a limited basis. Is the 5600X3D any good this late in the game?

With competition at an all-time high, the ongoing rivalry between AMD and Intel has resulted in competitive pricing and performance across the board, which is excellent news for consumers.

Here's an updated look at AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D when tested against Intel's best offering, the Core i9-13900K. Expect a head-to-head shootout in terms of gaming performance and power consumption.

Pairing fast RAM with a top-end CPU is a logical choice, but what happens when that processor is a Ryzen 9 7950X3D with 128 MB of cache? Let's find out!

With extra L3 cache and lowered clocks for less heat, AMD is trying to make the Ryzen 9 7950X3D the best CPU for all scenarios. But how well does that work in reality?

Hogwarts Legacy is open-world action RPG set in the Harry Potter universe. Having launched to very enthusiastic user reviews, it's time we benchmark it and we have a ton of data for you.

Here's our first look at Intel's 13th-gen Raptor Lake mobile CPUs and we'll do that by thoroughly benchmarking the Core i9-13950HX, which is just about the fastest laptop chip that Intel has ever made.

For months we've been gathering as many AMD X670 motherboards as we could to test their VRM performance and see if they can all handle the Ryzen 9 7950X without any kind of thermal throttling.

Nvidia's new GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU is set to become the fastest mobile GPU for gaming. With its arrival we're getting a new architecture, a new process node, and new levels of laptop performance on the go.

We take fan favorite Ryzen 7 5800X3D and compare it head to head with the new Ryzen 5 7600X in over 50 games. Yes, the 5800X3D is impressive, but can it counter the advantage of going AM5?

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is a pretty good GPU, at least relative to its GeForce competitor, but whether or not it's worth $1,000 will depend on how much stock you place in ray tracing performance.