CPUs Reviews

AMD's 3D V-Cache forges the unquestioned gaming champ.

Some good, some not so good.

We put AMD's Ryzen 7 5700X3D through a battery of gaming and productivity benchmarks to see how it fares against competing Intel processors.

We put AMD's new $229 Ryzen 5 8600G "Phoenix" chip through our test suite to see how it ranks against the Intel competition and its own pricier sibling, the Ryzen 7 8700G.

We put AMD's new $329 Ryzen 7 8700G and $229 Ryzen 5 8600G "Phoenix" chips through our test suite to see how they rank against the Intel competition.

AMD's Threadripper Pro 3995WX barrels into the workstation market with 64 cores, 128 threads, eight memory channels, and class-leading performance.

We put the AMD Ryzen 5 5600XD through our expansive test suite and found it to be the best value for budget gaming processors, but it is only available at Micro Center for a limited time.

We put Intel's quad-core Core i3-13100F and 13100 processor through our extensive battery of tests to see how it fares against's AMD's Ryzen 5 competitors.

We put AMD's new gaming-focused $449 eight-core Ryzen 7 7800X3D through our full gamut of tests to see if it comes out on top as the best CPU for gaming.

We put AMD's new gaming-focused $599 12-core Ryzen 9 7900X3D through our full gamut of tests to see if it comes out on top as the best CPU for gaming.