From the moment you decide that your current Intel processor just isn’t up to par and start investigating an upgrade to your current laptop or desktop, you’re often bombarded with technical jargon.

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Comet Lake-S is still going as Intel quietly launched the Core i5-110 CPU earlier this quarter, blending old and new naming ...

Hyper-Threading is one of those concepts that's been around a long time, and which everyone takes for granted. Despite that, relatively few enthusiasts really understand how it works or what the point ...

The advent of Intel's new 14th-generation CPUs builds on the success of its 13th-generation Raptor Lake-based CPUs with higher clocks and, in some cases, higher core counts in tow. Meanwhile, AMD ...

Intel would like you to know about a new processor it’s selling. It’s a 6-core, 12-thread, 14-nanometer design that draws 65 watts and runs at 2.9Ghz, called the Core i5-110. If you watch Intel ...

Intel's 14th generation CPUs are finally out in the open with review units already available with various outlets. What is essentially a refresh of the 13th generation Raptor Lake is due to replace ...

AMD has stolen the show from Intel since 2017 with the launch of Ryzen. The company's mid-range processors simply offered far better value than what Intel had out there, even though the Core i5 family ...

At some point you may have heard someone say that for gaming you need X amount of cores. Typical examples include "6 is more than enough cores," or "you need a minimum of 8 cores for gaming," due to ...

AMD's Ryzen processors are the equivalent to Intel's Core i3/i5/i7/i9. They have a somewhat similar number-grading scheme, e.g. "Ryzen 5" is their mid-tier offering like an Intel i5 is. To do a proper ...

At some point, everyone learns that a CPU has a variable number of cores inside, and that number influences its performance. The next natural impulse is to find out how many cores your CPU has. The ...