CPU

Recently, OCCT, Intel's benchmarking and stability tool, leaked details about the company's upcoming desktop KS CPU. According to a tester who put the chip through its paces, the 14900KS model features 24 cores, of which eight are P-Cores and 16 are E-Cores. With a default TDP of 150W, this CPU …

Intel is expected to reveal its new series of HEDT processors soon. The upcoming line-up of processors will refresh the current Sapphire Rapids chips, featuring slightly lower clock speeds but an increase in core count. Recent leaks by @momomo_us have provided specifications for the upcoming Xeon W3500 and W2500 series …

There's more evidence that Arrow Lake-S CPUs might not have Hyper-Threading. Following previously leaked slides, an entry on Intel test machines with an undisclosed Arrow Lake CPU with 24 cores and 24 threads has been found. Hyper-Threading is a multithreading technique that enables physical cores in Intel CPUs to accomplish …

When most thought that Intel was done with the LGA 1700 socket after launching the Raptor Lake Refresh (14th Gen), a new report suggests that might not be the case. It seems Intel will extend the LGA 1700 socket for yet another generation that will coexist with Arrow Lake-S. This …

Scythe is updating the Mugen series with a new set of coolers. The new Mugen 6 series will include two models: the Mugen 6 (SCMG-6000) in silver with a single fan and the Mugen 6 Dual Fan Black Edition, sporting an all-black look with dual fans. The Scythe Mugen 6 …

Following on from an announcement at CES, today AMD is officially launching its new Ryzen 8000G series of desktop processors, ushering in a new generation of powerful APUs.

During Intel's Q4 2023 earnings call, CEO, Pat Gelsinger, revealed that the upcoming Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake products are expected to provide an impressive threefold boost in AI acceleration compared to Meteor Lake, the first AI-enabled product in Intel's “Core Ultra” range. However, Intel plans to go even further …

Is this new APU capable of playing games at 1080p? Leo investigates with help from Dark Souls 3

Intel's recently announced Thunderbolt 5 controller (codenamed Barlow Bridge) was announced back in December. The successor to Thunderbolt 4 comes with significant improvements to the connection standard. Although it's not available on Meteor Lake Core Ultra 100 series laptops, some high-end laptops powered by Raptor Lake-R-HX chips already support the …

Some of Intel's confidential slides have been leaked on social media, giving us the first glimpse of what the upcoming Arrow Lake-S and 800-series chipsets will offer. The information provided in the documents shared by YuuKi_AnS (via VideoCardz) mentions the MTL-S (Meteor Lake-S), which has been officially discontinued. However, the …

KitGuru had a stonkingly successful CES 2024, however there is one small gap in our coverage that needs to be addressed. We gave plenty of coverage to Intel's new Core Ultra range of Meteor Lake laptop processors but appeared to give AMD the cold shoulder, and it is now time to fix that apparent oversight.

At CES today, Razer unveiled its latest round of Blade gaming laptops. The Blade 16 is the world's first laptop to feature a 16-inch OLED display with 240Hz refresh rate, but that isn't the only standout here. There is an even more powerful Blade 18 model on the way, and …

CES is upon us and AMD is kicking things off with a new round of processors. Not only are we getting the Ryzen 8000G APUs, but new Ryzen 5000 series processors are on the way, solidifying the longevity of the AM4 platform. On the graphics side, AMD is launching the recently rumoured RX 7600 XT. 

Rumours have been circulating for months about a possible Intel Core i9-14900KS CPU, but up to now, there have been no real leaks about it. Although it's unclear if it's legit and not photoshopped, a picture of what seems to be a sample of the rumoured i9-14900KS has just appeared …

Leo takes us through an EPYC history of AMD Threadripper

Back at Intel Innovation 2023, Intel announced plans to launch its Intel Core Ultra processors in mid December. Based on the Meteor Lake architecture, the first wave of Core Ultra CPUs for laptops have now been officially announced and we have all the details on specs and features.

With Intel's Meteor Lake (Core Ultra 100) processors just days away from their official launch, benchmark leaks have begun appearing as tests get underway. In the latest, we see the new Xe-powered iGPU for the Core Ultra 7 155H processor outperforming the Radeon 780M in 3DMark TimeSpy.  According to the …

As technology advances, the demand for faster computation is increasing, leading chip designers to seek ways to integrate more components into processors. At IEDM 2023, during a technical session, Intel researchers demonstrated their latest technological breakthrough that will allow just that: 3D-stacked CMOS transistors with backside power and direct backside …

AMD has just launched its latest AMD Ryzen 8040 series mobile CPUs, with select models coming with integrated Ryzen AI NPUs, boasting up to 1.6 times greater AI processing performance compared to the previous generation. In AMD's own benchmarks, it claims that the Ryzen 9 8945HS is up to 64 …

Intel uploaded and swiftly deleted an odd presentation this week. The slides told a story of 'Core Truths', taking aim at AMD's new Ryzen laptop processor naming scheme and accusing AMD of selling 'snake oil'. Leo gives his thoughts...

AMD has some exciting plans for the beginning of 2024, according to the latest reports. Besides the reported updates to the AM5 platform, the AM4 platform is also expanding with new CPUs and APUs. While the AM5 socket will get the upcoming Ryzen 8000G APUs for desktops, the AM4 platform …

AMD is focused on delivering its Zen 5 architecture across all market categories before moving on to Zen 6, so consumers and data centres shouldn't expect it anytime soon. However, the first reports are starting to come out, showing some of what we can look forward to with future CPUs. …

Intel plans to unveil its Meteor Lake processors next month, but it has already started to send samples of its successor, Arrow Lake, to some of its partners. At least that seems to be the case based on the shipping manifests that have appeared online, where you can see an …

Details of AMD's upcoming Zen 4 update for 2024 laptops seem to have been leaked. From what we see, the Ryzen 8040 “Hawk Point” series is the first to use the new AMD Phoenix architecture, suggesting that the 8040H series will feature Zen 4 cores and RDNA 3 graphics. According …

An experiment has shown that using AMD Ryzen processors' 3D V-Cache as a RAM disc is possible. As you might've guessed, such a RAM disc is extremely fast, offering sequential read and write speeds over ten times faster than the best PCIe 5.0 SSDs. The experiment began with an unusual …

Intel's upcoming Emerald Rapids HPC processor series aims to enhance its Xeon lineup by increasing the number of cores. Intel's 5th Gen Xeon architecture is expected to increase the core count to 64 cores and now thanks to some early benchmark numbers, we have an idea of what kind of …

Back at Intel Innovation 2023, we had a sneak peek at the iGPU found in Intel's upcoming Meteor Lake processors, which will be released next month under the new Intel Core Ultra branding. Now, some leaks a giving us a better idea of what to expect, with one benchmark listing …

At the press conference covering the launch of the new Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7000WX series, AMD claimed that the new Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX would be capable of scoring over 184K points in Cinebench R23 if overclocked. However, it seems AMD underestimated the capabilities of professional overclockers. According to QuasarZone …

We're still some ways off from Intel launching its Lunar Lake chips but recent leaks give us an early idea of specifications and other upgrades. In leaked slides, it is claimed that Lunar Lake MX processors will feature TDPs ranging from 8W at the low end to 30W at most. …

During AMD's Threadripper 7000 launch event, the media got a glimpse of the platform's capabilities as its flagship CPU shattered many world records in a brief overclocking session. However, the platform's potential is far greater than what was seen. Recently, AMD released benchmark results from their in-house overclocker, Sampson, who …