AMD ’s new Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series has finally gone on sale, with the flagship Threadripper 9980X available to buy now ...

We'll help you find the best CPU for gaming on your PC, with AMD Ryzen and Intel Core processors tested for frame rate and multi-core speed.

Gaming performance of the CPUs at a glance The following charts show the average gaming performance of the processors in HD resolution (720p) with 1280×720 pixels in the 12 games we tested.

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AMD has a used 3D V-Cache a few times now as a way to boost gaming performance on CPUs. So what happens when AMD puts 3D V-Cache on its very best Ryzen 9000-series CPUs to date? The answer is the ...

This technology massively boosts the amount of L3 cache on the processor, which, as it turns out, plays a huge part in gaming performance. Still, even AMD's non-3D CPUs are solid picks for gaming ...

The CPUs listed in this article were selected based on their non-exact similarity to the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D desktop CPU in terms of gaming and productivity performance.

AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D is now the best gaming CPU. The successor to the 7800X3D is now more capable of non-gaming workloads, too.

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AMD's new Ryzen 9 9950X didn't provide the performance gains we expected, and Intel's Core i9-14900K is surprisingly competitive.

Buying the right processor for PC gaming might seem complicated—especially with AMD's multiple Ryzen families and Intel's many Cores and "Lakes." Here's everything you need to know, plus our top ...