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Intel 5th Gen Xeon 'Emerald Rapids' pushes up to 64 cores, 320MB L3 cache
By Zhiye Liu published
Intel's warming up Emerald Rapids to take on AMD's EPYC Turin.

Best CPU Deals 2023: Save on AMD and Intel
By Stewart Bendle last updated
We're rounding up the best deals on CPUs this holiday season.

CPU Benchmarks and Hierarchy 2023: 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.

CPU Price Index 2023
By Stewart Bendle last updated
In our CPU price index, we find the lowest prices on the most popular CPUs so you don't have to.

Intel calls AMD's chips 'Snake Oil' for putting antiquated Zen 2 architecture in modern Ryzen 7000 mobile CPUs, but Intel also uses similar marketing tactics
By Aaron Klotz published
Intel released a new playbook dubbed "Core Truths" that attacks AMD's latest Ryzen 7000 mobile product stack for having some products that sport AMD's older Zen 2 CPU architecture.

Ryzen 7 7800X3D, the best gaming CPU, gets a $100 price cut
By Zhiye Liu published
AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D is available for $349 for a limited time, $100 down from the chip's regular $449 MSRP.

Overclocker hits 1000+ fps in Counter Strike 2 with 14900K, RTX 4090, and LN2
By Mark Tyson published
Overclocker Der8auer achieves a stable 1000+ fps in Counter-Strike 2 with realistic eSports settings - using a 14900K, RTX 4090 and LN2.

Apple reveals the labs that produced the Apple Silicon line of custom CPUs
By Mark Tyson published
Apple's Silicon Valley HQ chip labs get a visit from roving CNBC Business News reporters, with M3 chips being seen under test.
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