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Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Surfaces on Geekbench and PassMark with Promising Early Scores
AMD is preparing to launch its next flagship desktop processor with 3D V-Cache, and the first benchmarks of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 have already appeared in the public databases of Geekbench and PassMark. The listings confirm a 16-core, 32-thread configuration based on the Zen 5 architecture, positioning the chip as…
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Ryzen 7 9850X3D Appears on PassMark; 4.7% Better Performance Than 9800X3D
Recent leaks have shed light on the upcoming Ryzen 7 9850X3D. The first performance results on PassMark have been revealed, giving us a glimpse of what this CPU can deliver. Ryzen 7 9850X3D: +4.7% Performance Over the 9800X3D First PassMark sample of 9850X3D vs 9800X3D.+4.96% ST+4.69% MT4.421 Memory Mark9800X3D (baseline…
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Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX Beats Desktop Version in PassMark Benchmarks
In addition to the powerful Intel Core Ultra 200HX series processors, commonly used in high-performance laptops and gaming systems, Intel also introduced mid-range Core Ultra 5 processors at the last CES event. Among them are the Core Ultra 5 245HX and 235HX. A recent PassMark listing, shared on X (formerly…
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Intel i9-11900K Tops the PassMark Single-Core Charts!
With Intel’s new Rocket Lake-S processors set to release within the next month or so, there is clearly a lot of anticipation surrounding them and particularly how they will stack up (both in terms of price and performance) when compared to the excellent AMD Ryzen 5000 series. – Well, in…
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AMD Ryzen 5900HX Tops PassMark Mobile CPU Leaderboard
If there is one particular market that AMD has always struggled to get a solid foothold in, it is undoubtedly laptop CPUs. Put simply, for years Intel has absolutely dominated this sector with AMD largely either not bothering or throwing out options that were simply just not competitive enough. –…
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Beats Intel in Single-Thread Benchmark
While the launch of AMD Ryzen back in 2017 has certainly seen Team Red become far more competitive in various benchmarking tests, in terms of single-thread performance, Intel has always dominated this one aspect of results. Following a report via Videocardz, however, the latest update to the PassMark website has…
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AMD Gains 2.2% CPU Market Share from Intel in Q1 2017
AMD had a good start of the year, gaining 2.2% of the processor market share against Intel which is actually the first time this has happened in over five years. AMD’s market share against Intel has been in an almost steady decline starting in 2006 but had few notable gains…
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AMD R7 1700X Leaked Benchmarks Impress
Over the past week, we’ve been treated to a whole host of AMD Ryzen leaks. We’ve seen specifications, pricing and even a full model listing come out. What has been missing are leaked benchmarks that tell us the true performance of the chips. Building on top of the CPC engineering…
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iBuyPower Noctis Intel Z97 Review
Introduction Once again, it is review time at eTeknix HQ and iBuyPower gives us the chance to test their Noctis Intel Z97. The case is a brand new iBuyPower version of the equally new NZXT Noctus 450. Inside we have an Intel i7 4790K, an EVGA Superclocked GTX 980, 16GB of DDR3 1600,…
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