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Last month, Blender received a major update, bringing the software up to version 3.0 and packing some major improvements. In recent weeks, we've noticed some big performance gains while rendering using both AMD and Intel processors, cutting rendering time down considerably. With Blender 3.0, the developers re-wrote GPU kernels and …

Intel's 'non-K' processors are not supposed to be overclockable. However, enthusiasts have had success in the past when trying to overclock them via the BCLK, significantly improving the performance of such chips. So it was only a matter of time before someone tried it out with Intel's 12th Gen Core processors, and that someone was no other than Der8auer...

When Intel announced its new 12th Gen Core lineup at CES 2022, the company made no mention of the i5-12490F, but this processor has since been listed at multiple Chinese retailers. Moreover, the first Geekbench results for this CPU have come to light, showing a substantial performance uplift over the …

With Intel's CES 2022 keynote coming in just a few hours, we have new details to share with you about one of its upcoming desktop graphics cards. The specifications of the Arc A380 desktop graphics card have just leaked, alongside a new benchmark result giving us a good idea of …

Intel's 12th Gen Core “Alder Lake” processors have only been out for a month, but we're already starting to see benchmarks for next-generation “Raptor Lake” CPUs. This time around, an alleged 24C/32T 13th Gen Core processor has been spotted in a benchmark database.  The benchmark result was found by @KOMACHI_ENSAKA …

Intel has yet to announce its non-K 12th Gen Core processors, but benchmarks are already starting to come through. The first early Core i5-12400F benchmarks point to Ryzen 5 5600X-level performance for gaming and productivity when paired with DDR5 memory.  The guys at Comptoir Hardware (via @davideneco25320) appear to have …

I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit concerned about Monster Hunter Rise coming to PC after initially launching on Switch. The game was originally built to run on very low-power hardware compared to Monster Hunter World and I had my doubts as to how well the game would scale for higher-end PC hardware. After spending some time with the newly released Monster Hunter Rise PC demo, I have come away impressed. 

We've seen a number of leaks regarding the Intel Core i9-12900K in recent weeks, but this time around, we finally have some results for the Core i7-12700K thanks to a leaked CPU-Z screenshot.  Compared to the i9-12900K, the i7-12700K feature four less efficient cores and should come with slightly lower …

It seems to be an unwritten rule that before every major CPU and GPU launch, someone has to run an early benchmark of Ashes of the Singularity using the new component. Well, that's what has happened here with the Intel i9-12900K, and judging by the results, we might be in …

When Microsoft first launched the Surface Duo smartphone, the company introduced a brand new dual-screen smartphone form factor. The downside was that while the device launched with a flagship-level price tag, it did not have the hardware specs to match. That will be changing for the Surface Duo 2, according …

A couple of months ago, Alienware m15 laptop owners discovered that their GPUs weren't performing up to par. Now, Dell has found itself in a similar situation with its XPS 9510 laptop, which was misconfigured, leading to poor performance for the RTX 3050 Ti GPU found inside.  The XPS 9510 …

Although the Radeon RX 6600M hasn't been released yet, the first benchmarks of the laptop GPU have started to emerge. Considering the results, the laptop GPU seems to offer a performance level between an RTX 3050 Ti and an RTX 3060 in gaming and content creation. The performance results were …

As the expected date for the RTX 3080 Ti launch comes closer, the first benchmark results have started to appear. Besides the results, there's also confirmation on most of the specifications of the new GPU thanks to GPU-Z validation. The GPU-Z validation of RTX 3080 Ti has finally come out …

Despite Apple's focus on developing its own chips, it looks like the company still needs AMD's help for higher-power workstation GPUs. That's according to new entries on the Geekbench 5, showing an unannounced ‘Radeon Pro W6900X' SKU powering an Apple Mac Pro 7.1. With the launch of macOS Big Sur …

We've been seeing benchmark leaks for Intel's upcoming Rocket Lake-S series of processors for a while now, although most of these leaks have focused on 8-core SKUs. That changed this week with the first benchmark leaks for two of Intel's 6-core 11th Gen Core processors, giving us a look at …

As we get closer to the launch of the Radeon RX 6700 XT, more performance benchmarks have leaked early. Last week, we saw ray-tracing and 1440p benchmarks up against the RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti. Now this week, we have a fresh batch of RX 6700 XT benchmarks via …

We're still a week away from the release of AMD's Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card, but some new benchmark leaks have given us an early idea of what performance to expect in OpenCL and Vulkan games.  Two Geekbench 5 database entries were spotted by @TUM_APISAK. The benchmarks were run on …

The RTX 3060 is just a couple of days away from launch and as a result, early performance benchmarks are being posted fairly frequently. The latest tests show RTX 3060 performance in Ashes of the Singularity, giving us a glimpse at how the new card compares to its predecessor, as …

A video of a Chinese content creator allegedly testing an engineering sample of the RTX 3080 20G has been uploaded to Bilibili. As per the video, the card manufacturer is Colorful, but since the card itself is never shown during the video, it's better to take these test results with …

A new entry for an Intel Core i7-11700K has been found in Geekbench 5 database. This time around, we have results for the upcoming processor up against the Ryzen 9 5950X while running at frequencies of up to 5GHz.  The Intel Core i7-11700K is an 8C/16T processor using the 14nm-based Rocket …

Apple is promising that the 2020 MacBook Air is faster than “98 percent of PC laptops sold in the last year”, and based on new benchmark scores, there's a good chance that it will be. The Apple M1 APU is the company's first laptop processor. Powered by TSMC's 5nm process node, …

UL Benchmarks is updating its PC benchmarking roster with a new addition. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing is now available, just in time for AMD's new RX 6000 series GPUs.  With Radeon RX 6000, RDNA 2 equipped next-gen consoles and Nvidia's own RTX GPUs, there are plenty of ray-tracing capable graphics cards …

New benchmark gives us an idea of what to expect from AMD's next-gen Ryzen desktop processors.

The first benchmarks after the announcement of the RTX 30 series graphics cards have surfaced. The first graphics card to get tested was the RTX 3080 on the Compubench test suite, checking how well the card performs in the CUDA and OpenCL tests. The info page shows us that the graphics …

Two videos comparing the Intel Core i7-1185G7 to the AMD Ryzen 7 4800U have surfaced. The first video is focused on gaming with each processor using their respective iGPU, while the second one is focused on comparing performance in productivity and professional applications. The videos have since been removed due to a …

An engineering sample of an Intel Rocket Lake-S processor has been spotted in the 3DMark database, featuring 8 cores,16 threads, a base clock of 3.2GHz and a boost clock of 4.3GHz...

DirectX 12 was recently updated with Variable-Rate Shading (VRS), giving developers the ability to improve performance by reducing the level of details in parts of a frame where you are unlikely to notice an impact on image quality. In August, UL Benchmarks added a VRS-specific test to 3DMark, utilising Tier-1 …

Popular benchmarking and stress testing software AIDA64 has received an update, the software developer Finalwire has announced AIDA64 v6.20 which includes AMD Renoir benchmarks, support for AMD RX 5500 GPU series and more. All the major products in the AIDA64 catalogue are updated to v6.20 including Extreme, Engineer and Business …

Rockstar continues to impress with its latest PC release. Here, we dive into Red Dead Redemption 2's vast array of graphics options.

Intel officially announced its new line of Cascade Lake-X HEDT CPUs a few weeks ago, with SKUs all the way up to 18 cores and more competitive pricing to combat the growing popularity of Ryzen. The full launch is coming in November with reviews set to drop around the same …