From the moment you decide that your current Intel processor just isn’t up to par and start investigating an upgrade to your current laptop or desktop, you’re often bombarded with technical jargon.

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Hyper-Threading is one of those concepts that's been around a long time, and which everyone takes for granted. Despite that, relatively few enthusiasts really understand how it works or what the point ...

The advent of Intel's new 14th-generation CPUs builds on the success of its 13th-generation Raptor Lake-based CPUs with higher clocks and, in some cases, higher core counts in tow. Meanwhile, AMD ...

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At some point you may have heard someone say that for gaming you need X amount of cores. Typical examples include "6 is more than enough cores," or "you need a minimum of 8 cores for gaming," due to ...

At some point, everyone learns that a CPU has a variable number of cores inside, and that number influences its performance. The next natural impulse is to find out how many cores your CPU has. The ...

Holy moly, the Core i5 13400F looks to be one helluva gaming chip. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The new Intel Core i5 13400F ...

AMD's Ryzen processors are the equivalent to Intel's Core i3/i5/i7/i9. They have a somewhat similar number-grading scheme, e.g. "Ryzen 5" is their mid-tier offering like an Intel i5 is. To do a proper ...

Intel's upcoming Core i5-13500 processor has been tested in engineering sample (ES) form, with the small review taking a gander at the performance, and thermal/power of the "Q8WH" engineering sample ...

Intel's upcoming Xeon 654 'Granite Rapids' workstation CPU details leaked: 18C/36T @ 4.8GHz with 72MB cache, flagship SKU has ...