An arguably unexpected graph has been shared by PassMark that charts the year-on-year performance changes for average CPU Mark, the benchmark test suite that processors are put through on the site. As ...

TL;DR: PassMark has been aggregating CPU performance data for nearly two decades based on collective scores recorded through its benchmarking software. For the first time in 20 years, however, the ...

On Tuesday, the company published a graph tracking the average CPU performance scores submitted over a 20-year period from Windows machines. As expected, the graph shows that aggregate CPU performance ...

The 'A20 Pro' featured in the iPhone 18 Pro.According to Apple, CPU performance has increased by up to 20% compared to the ...

We wade into the endless debate: Who makes the best CPU, AMD or Intel? Here's the blow-by-blow in ten categories.

The gap between smartphone chips in 2026 is absurd. The fastest chip we’ve tested is roughly 15 times more powerful than the slowest one still found in modern smartphones. And yet both can run ...

AMD officially launched its Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 CPUs in two waves; the 9700X and 9600X CPUs came first, then the 9900X and 9950X a week later. None of the CPUs received rave reviews, causing the hardware ...

Back in August, MSI detailed how it was planning to boost the performance of AMD Ryzen 9000 series CPUs, and it detailed three new profiles: PBO Enhanced Mode, Set Thermal Point, and High-Efficiency ...

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