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CPU Benchmarks and Hierarchy 2026: CPU Rankings

By Jake Roach 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.

CPUs
Ambitious gamer turns fanless Subway menu PCs into gaming rigs

By Mark Tyson Published

An intrepid TechTuber has tested a trio of passive digital signage mini PCs from the Subway sandwich chain to check if they can be repurposed for gaming fun.

PC Gaming
Hygon x86 CPU
China's dual 16-core Hygon CPU server rack barely outperforms a quad-core Skylake Core i7-6700HQ mobile CPU in Geekbench AI

By Aaron Klotz Published

A server rack consisting of two Hygon 16 core server processors was tested in Geekbench AI and could barely outperform a 10 year old mobile Core i7 quad-core CPU.

CPUs
Intel Granite Rapids Xeon 6900P
Linux 6.13-rc3 fixes expensive CPUID handling on Sapphire Rapids CPUs

By Aaron Klotz Published

The Linux team has published an intermediate Linux 6.13-rc3 to fix a "hilarious" bug in the kernel-based Virtual Machine code

CPUs
Eclypsium graphic short-handing how the buffer overflow UEFI exploit jeopardizes nearly any system.
Firmware flaw affects numerous generations of Intel CPUs

By Christopher Harper Published

Eclypsium Automata uncovers Phoenix as the latest to fall to a significant Arbitrary Code Execution exploit impacting Lenovo, AMI, Insyde, and Intel motherboard firmware.

CPUs
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AMD Zen 1 Vulnerability Not Properly Fixed, Second Pass Issued

By Francisco Pires Published

The original solution still left data for attackers to grab.

Software
10th Gen Intel processors
Intel's Downfall Mitigations Drop Performance Up to 39%, Tests Show

By Zhiye Liu Published

Linux publication Phoronix evaluates the performance impact of Downfall mitigations on different Intel processors.

CPUs
A Ryzen processor sitting in a motherboard socket.
AMD Zen 1 Vulnerability Emerges, Dividing by 0 Can Leak Sensitive Data

By Aaron Klotz Published

Apparently, this week is "vulnerability week" in the world of microchip processors.

CPUs
Sapphire Rapids
Intel 'Downfall' Bug Steals Encryption Keys, Data From Years of CPUs (Update)

By Andrew E. Freedman Last updated

A Google researcher has found a speculative execution vulnerability in several generations of Intel processors.

Cyber Security
Surface Go 3
Microsoft Could Arm Next Surface Go With Alder Lake-N SoC

By Aaron Klotz Published

Microsoft is rumored to be upgrading its next-gen Surface Go tablet with the Intel Processor N200, an efficient Alder Lake-N CPU with Skylake CPU performance.

Laptops
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