CPUs

Intel's Core i3-9350K looks to shore up the company's defenses against the surging Ryzen processors, but doesn't quite pass the test.

Cascade Lake-X enters a segment now dominated by AMD.

For the enthusiasts among us who have some breathing room in their budgets, Core i7-9700K is a much smarter choice for gaming than the pricey Core i9-9900K.

Intel's Core i5-9400 and -9400F CPUs, armed with with six cores and six threads, come to defend the company's gaming dominance in the mid-range market.

Intel's Core i5-9600K looks to upset the Ryzen 5 2600X as the value chip for the mainstream.

AMD's Ryzen 3000 series promises more performance and value via the benefits of the 7nm process and Zen 2 microarchitecture.

AMD's non-X chips are often a better value than their X-emblazoned counterparts when you factor in overclocking. Does that hold true for the Ryzen 5 3600?

Intel's Core i9-9900KS arrives with impressive gaming performance.

More cores, higher frequencies, and performance-boosting Solder TIM place the Core i9-9900K ahead of the pack. Just be prepared to pay for it.

The Ryzen 9 3950X brings 16 cores and 32 threads to the mainstream desktop at a comparatively good price point.

AMD's Ryzen 9 3900 looks to shake up the OEM pre-built desktop market with leading performance-per-watt.

Out of the box, the Ryzen 5 3600X is the best processor in its price range for gaming and productivity, marking a massive shift in the mid-range competitive landscape.

We grabbed a Ryzen 7 3800X off a retail shelf to give it a spin in our test lab.

Intel's Cascade Lake wades into market against AMD's EPYC lineup.

Intel's eight-core sixteen-thread Core i9-9900KF comes with disabled graphics but has a higher price tag than the full-featured Core i9-9900K.

AMD rounds out its Athlon stack with the $65 220GE and $75 240GE.

Intel's Xeon W-3175X is a shot across AMD's bow, boasting tons of cores, lots of cache, and high clock rates. It's too bad that a sky-high price tag puts it out of reach for most enthusiasts.

AMD is breathing life back into an almost 20-year-old brand with the Athlon 200GE processor armed with Radeon Vega 3 graphics.

The high-end desktop hits keep on coming as Intel rolls out its 18-core, 36-thread Core i9-9980XE.