In case you missed it, at CES 2026 AMD actually did have a few consumer announcements despite that the keynote was almost ...

AMD lost out to Intel’s Core i9-13900K recently, but it’s back with its 3D V-Cache technology to challenge Intel again. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...

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 ...

We revisit the Ryzen 7 5800X3D and 5700X3D to see how they hold up in modern games, updating our benchmarks and comparing them against today's CPUs ...

A week ago, we were discussing the misconception that CPU performance doesn't matter for 4K gaming. We showed that although sometimes it doesn't matter – as you will indeed end up GPU limited – that's ...

A new Intel Core Ultra CPU benchmark has just appeared in the Geekbench browser, potentially showing off the first real-world results of an unreleased Arrow Lake CPU, the Intel Core Ultra 5 225F. The ...

Testing Intel's Core i9 HX: Is This Laptop CPU an 'Alder Lake' Juggernaut? Core HX, Intel's new high-end family of mobile CPUs for power users and extreme gamers, brings true desktop-level performance ...

The neural processing unit (NPU): Many laptops will mention an NPU, which is a specialized component reserved solely for AI-powered tasks like image generation and interacting with large language ...

Since 1983, PCWorld has been testing PCs, and while we made the jump from paper to digital years ago, our mission remains the same: We’re here to help you make better choices about your PC hardware ...