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New benchmark shows CPUs are getting slower for the first time in history — what is going on?
By Darragh Murphy published
PassMark benchmarks highlight that the CPU performance average has decreased in 2025. Are Intel and AMD CPUs in Windows PCs getting slower?

Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU is the best-performing laptop processor according to new benchmarks — but Apple still beats it in this key area
By Darragh Murphy published
Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU has appeared in PassMark, becoming the fastest laptop processor — but Apple still dominates single-thread.

AMD Fire Range Ryzen 9000HX CPUs in laptops set to release in March — with RTX 5090 GPUs
By Darragh Murphy published
The first laptops with AMD's next-gen Fire Range Ryzen 900HX and HX3D CPUs are set to arrive as early as late March sporting RTX 5090 GPUs.

Intel Nova Lake CPU specs leaked — and it's tipped to double PC performance
By Darragh Murphy published
Intel's next-gen Nova Lake CPU is set to arrive in 2026, and a new leak shows that it may come with double the P-cores and E-cores over Arrow Lake.

Intel offers apologies and fixes for Arrow Lake performance issues: What you need to know
By Alex Wawro published
Intel Arrow Lake desktop CPU performance issues explained by new company blog post outlining fixes which will take through January 2025 at least to roll out.

Intel's first Arrow Lake CPUs are here, and they're all about power efficiency
By Alex Wawro published
The first Intel desktop chips with NPUs have arrived

Intel Lunar Lake benchmarks show big wins for battery life — here's the results
By Jeff Parsons published
Here's how Intel's new Core Ultra chips actually perform, and there's big strides in graphics and overall efficiency.
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