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AMD's Krackan Point APUs land in early 2025 for budget notebooks
By Aaron Klotz published
AMD is preparing mainstream Zen 5 mobile CPUs, codenamed Krackan Point, that will power notebooks cheaper than $800 by early 2025.
Intel Core Ultra 200 Arrow Lake desktop CPU launch reportedly delayed to October 24
By Christopher Harper published
Hong Kong media outlet HKEPC claims that Intel's Core Ultra 200-series desktop CPUs will be delayed until late October.
Best CPU Deals 2024: Save on AMD and Intel
By Stewart Bendle last updated
We're rounding up the best deals on CPUs.
Chinese chipmaker teases “world-leading” performance of next-gen 7nm CPU
By Mark Tyson published
Longsoon talks about the company’s next-generation 3B6600 CPU slated for 2025
Arrow Lake desktop CPU prices won't rile enthusiasts according to Canadian e-tailer listings
By Aaron Klotz published
Listings indicate Arrow Lake-S pricing will be very similar to 14th Gen Raptor Lake Refresh pricing.
AMD Instinct MI300A data center APU underperforms against mainstream CPUs in Geekbench
By Aaron Klotz published
AMD's flagship MI300A datacenter APU was benchmarked three times in Geekbench 6, but it yielded underwhelming results, featuring inferior performance to a current-gen Core i5 processor.
AMD announces unified UDNA GPU architecture — bringing RDNA and CDNA together to take on Nvidia's CUDA ecosystem
By Paul Alcorn published
Two become one.
CPU Benchmarks and Hierarchy 2024: CPU Rankings
By Paul Alcorn last updated
All of today's desktop CPU benchmarks compared, including Intel's 13th-Gen Core series and AMD's Ryzen Zen 4 and Threadripper.
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