AMD’s Ryzen 9000 (Zen 5) processors, and some previous Ryzen generations, are going to get a performance boost courtesy of an update to Windows 11 in the near future. An optional patch Microsoft ...

So the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D has something of a high bar to clear given the strength of AMD's first Zen 5 3D V-Cache chip, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, but having spent a week testing this chip, I can say ...

It’s even in the running for one of the best processors you can buy thanks to much higher productivity performance compared to previous generations. Specs-wise, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D isn’t too ...

Meanwhile, the competition can’t always be relied upon to last two generations. To go from a Ryzen 7 1800X and its early democratization of core count to a Ryzen 7 5800X3D and its face-melting ...

The company took to the stage to launch Ryzen 7000 in late August, revealing just how much is changing this generation. And there’s a lot. Unlike previous generations, you can’t just buy a new ...

Based on our 9600X and 9700X results last week, while gaming performance doesn't match the pace of improvement in previous Ryzen generations, we do at least expect to see a reasonable uptick in ...

Spoiler alert: Absolutely. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D rocks, obliterating Intel’s new Core Ultra 9 285K in games – but that’s not all. Previous X3D generations always popped in games, but proved ...

In previous Ryzen generations, the cheapest CPU at a given core count was often the best value option, but it's sensible to test that assumption with these new Zen 4 parts. As you can see from the ...

The Ryzen 7 9700X is an 8-core ... the out-of-the-box performance doesn’t see as big of a jump as in previous generations.

It doesn’t feature quite as much of a performance improvement over the Ryzen 5 7600X as in past generations, but it makes up for it by being much cooler and more power efficient. And given that ...

The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D is the best processor on the market, without question, thanks to its fantastic overall performance, nearly perfect gaming performance (with some caveats), and reasonable ...