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How We Test Processors

The process of reviewing desktop CPUs at PCMag carries on core traditions that date back to the establishment of PC Labs in 1984: We compare each CPU in its category based on price, features, upgrades ...
Multi-core processors theoretically can run many threads of code in parallel, but some categories of operation currently bog down attempts to raise overall performance by parallelizing computing. Is ...
Intel has detailed major updates in the quest to improve performance of its ill-fated Core Ultra 200 Arrow Lake processors that were released back in October. The inconsistent performance at times saw ...
If you're a budding young tech enthusiast or simply a casual PC purchaser, you may have seen "cache" listed in the specifications for this or that processor and wondered what exactly that is. It's ...
In case you are unaware, MediaTek holds the Top position in the global smartphone processor market with a 35% market share (as of Q3 2024). Qualcomm follows in second place, having a 25% market share.
Intel finally has the most efficient x86 processors and claims to beat both Apple and Snapdragon in terms of performance and efficiency. Intel’s latest Lunar Lake processors use a hybrid architecture ...
HAIFA, Israel & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--proteanTecs®, a global leader in deep data solutions for electronics health and performance monitoring, and Akeana, a provider of high-performance ...
Apple's relentless in-house silicon release schedule continues this week with the announcement of the new M5 chip. And early leaked benchmarks of the chip suggest the new M5 is about twice as fast as ...
The very first Geekbench 6 benchmarks of the MacBook Pro with M3 processor have started to appear in the Geekbench 6 database. What they show is a processor whose higher CPU performance is almost ...