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AMD quietly introduces Ryzen 5 9600 — non-X variant brings back Wraith Stealth cooler
AMD stealthily dropped the Ryzen 5 9600 on its website today, confirming less powerful SKUs of the original Ryzen 9000-series
Here's a look at all the sexy silicon AMD launched at CES 2025
AMD has shared a few snippets of all processors that it launched at CES.
Intel shows off working Panther Lake systems
Intel's press demos at CES 2025 include three ODM laptops and two mini dev kits for Panther Lake, powered by Celestial GPU architecture.
Intel lists non-K and T-series Core Ultra 200S processors for desktop PCs
Intel reveals list of non-K Arrow Lake-S CPUs for desktop computers with 35W and 65W processor base power.
AMD announces Ryzen Z2 series processors for handhelds
Up to eight cores and 16 threads with a 16 CU RDNA 3.5 GPU.
AMD Launches ‘Fire Range’ HX3D mobile processor with game-boosting 3D V-Cache, other HX Series SKUs built on Zen 5 desktop CPU silicon
AMD announced its Ryzen 9000HX series of laptop chips here at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, including its flagship model that it bills as the world’s best mobile processor for gaming and content creation.
AMD launches Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D, claims 20% faster gaming performance than Intel’s flagship Arrow Lake processors
AMD lands another blow on Intel’s troubled Arrow Lake.
