Intel dominates the top end of PassMark’s price performance rankings in a way that would have seemed unlikely just a few years ago. Looking at the current leaderboard, Intel places seven CPUs in the top ten when performance is measured against price.

The AMD Ryzen AI Max range gets two more entries, one of which looks perfect for the ultimate in handheld PC gaming PC gaming on Arm chips didn't quite happen in 2025, but the die is cast for an epic battle with x86 CPUs in the next few years Intel's new top-end Core Ultra Series 3 mobile chips promise up to 77% faster iGPU gaming performance than Lunar Lake,

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AMD unveiled new Ryzen AI laptop, gaming, and workstation processors at CES 2026, setting the stage for the year to come.

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AMD's next-gen gaming CPU looks powerful, but it might play second fiddle to the new round of Ryzen AI 400 chips in the long run.

In recent years, gamers have focused their attention more on saving up funds for the latest graphics cards rather than purchasing powerhouse CPUs. With the ability to transform a meager system into a full-fledged gaming champion with a simple GPU swap ...