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Best Thermal Paste for CPUs 2025: 90 TIM Compounds Tested and Ranked

By Paul Alcorn Last updated

We tested 37 different thermal compounds with AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X and over 90 thermal compounds with Intel Core i9 CPUs to help you find the best one to help cool your CPU.

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Noctua NT-CP1 AM5/4 thermal pad
Noctua announces new thermal pad for AMD chips in partnership with Carbice

By Aaron Klotz Published

Noctua has entered the thermal pad market in partnership with thermal pad maker Carbice, featuring the new NT-CP1 designed for AM5 and AM4 Ryzen CPUs.

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Xerendipity Vapor-Pad
Thermal pads with in-built vapor-chambers claim 50 to 80 times better thermal conductivity than normal thermal pads

By Hassam Nasir Published

A thermal pad with a vapor chamber on top might be the TIM your next phone's SoC will use. Xerendipity's new products are meant to keep your phone cooler without sacrificing thickness or cost.

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MX-7
Arctic launches its best thermal paste yet for chips of all types

By Zhiye Liu Published

Arctic has launched the MX-7 thermal paste, the successor to the all-popular MX-6.

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A man with thermal grease
Stinky thermal paste emits acidic vapors, corrodes copper, 'glues' heatsinks to processors, and permanently damages coolers

By Anton Shilov Published

Or enjoy the vinegar odor, because you like marinated pickles, and pitting because you like ant videos.

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GPE-01
Graphene thermal pad for AMD CPUs promises 17X better conductivity than thermal paste, 2X improvement over Thermal Grizzly

By Zhiye Liu Published

Coracer has launched the GPE-01 graphene pads for AMD's AM5 processors.

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Arctic MX Authenticity Check system
To combat counterfeit thermal paste, Arctic updates scratch-off QR code authentication

By Mark Tyson Published

Arctic Cooling has emailed Tom's Hardware with details of its new MX Authenticity Check system, raising concerns that its business is being impacted by counterfeiters.

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How to Apply Thermal Paste to Your CPU
How to Apply Thermal Paste to Your CPU

By Matt Safford Last updated

Follow our quick and easy guide to make sure your thermal paste application doesn't lead to higher CPU temps or other serious problems.

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new TIM on the block
Adding ceramic powder to liquid metal improves cooling up to 72%

By Mark Tyson Published

A new colloidal thermal interface material (TIM) promises to significantly outperform commercially available liquid metals from the likes of Thermalright and Thermal Grizzly.

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Cooler Master's gamut of CryoFuze Thermal Paste options in the form of an on-CPU painting.
Cooler Master's TIM application is a work of art

By Christopher Harper Published

Cooler Master shows off its gamut of CryoFuze 5 thermal paste colors with a silly painting project.

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