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The Ryzen 9 7950X has been AMD’s best processor for a while, but it now faces some serious competition. We don’t just mean AMD’s long-standing rival, Intel. AMD itself has created a CPU that might be even better than the flagship: the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Equipped with a massive 3D V-Cache, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D might turn out to be the world’s fastest gaming processor. AMD’s new processor isn’t here yet, so for now, we’re relying on the specs and AMD’s benchmarks until we have the processors in hand. Pricing and…

Photo: Damien Gula / GizmodoIn case you missed the Ryzen 7000 Series news that’s been bombarding the techie scene, AMD’s Zen 4 processors have officially been released into the wild. Adopting new technologies and pushing beyond 5.0 GHz on boost speeds across multiple cores, these CPUs are part of AMD’s plans to release the fastest gaming processors on the market–at least for now.Our initial impressions of the Ryzen 7 7700X and Ryzen 9 7900X were stellar, but theyonly told half of the Zen 4 story. Today, we get to take a…

As tipped by Twitter user HXL, (opens in new tab) Intel's 13th Generation Raptor Lake CPU lineup is putting up serious numbers against AMD's new Ryzen 7000 series processors in the Blender Benchmark. Intel's Core i7-13700K is competitive against the Ryzen 9 7900X, while the Core i5-13600K leaves the Ryzen 7 7600X and Ryzen 7 7700X in the dust.For the uninitiated, Blender is an open-source content creation tool that can do several different tasks, including 3D rendering, video editing, modeling, animation VFX, and more.…

AMD's Ryzen 9 7950X has grabbed a top spot in RPCS3, a multi-platform open-source Sony PlayStation 3 emulator. The CPU outperforms all of its predecessors as well as rivals from Intel. RPCS3 gained AVX-512 support earlier this year, and AMD's latest CPUs based on the Zen 4 microarchitecture fully support AVX-512 instructions. AVX-512 support brings a 30% performance improvement to RPCS3, which is enough to make AMD's Ryzen 9 7950X the most powerful CPU to emulate PS3 using this emulator. Evidently, increased…

While Intel's regular 13th Generation Core 'Raptor Lake' processors are nearly here, the company's limited edition Core i9-13900KS is a few months away. But some Chinese PC makers appear to already have samples of the said CPU to prepare for the launch and even test their performance. The results were published over at Chinese Bilibili and discovered by HXL. As it turns out the upcoming Core i9-13900KS is quite a mighty chip as it manages to leave behind not only all Raptor Lake processors, but even AMD's shiny new Ryzen…

Intel is launching its 13th-generation Raptor Lake processors with the 24-core Core i9-13900K — and on the same day that AMD’s Ryzen 9 7950X hits store shelves. The Core i9-13900K and Ryzen 9 7950X are the flagship offerings of the next generation, and with both arriving so closely, PC builders have a tough choice between AMD or Intel. Although the Core i9-13900K isn’t here yet, we can get an idea about how it holds up to the results we gathered in our Ryzen 9 7950X review. It’s best to wait for further testing…

(Image credit: Tom's Hardware)AMD’s flagship 16-core $699 Ryzen 9 7950X and entry-level six-core $299 Ryzen 5 7600X are the bookend models in the new Ryzen 7000 “Raphel” lineup, and they take leading spots on our list of Best CPUs and our CPU Benchmark hierarchy with Intel-beating performance in nearly every category, including gaming and applications. Intel’s hybrid Alder Lake processors caught AMD flatfooted, taking the lead in both performance and value at every price point. The Ryzen 7000 processors fire back with…

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X MSRP $700.00 “Being the fastest is one thing. The Ryzen 9 7950X proves being the fastest by a huge margin is another.” Pros Off the charts CPU performance Solid gaming improvements Integrated graphics work for light games Works with most AM4 coolers AMD hasn’t released a new…

AMD’s Ryzen 7000 processors continue to capture leading positions across many popular benchmarking apps. Earlier this week, AMD officially publicized a quartet of world record benchmark scores, grasped by the yet-to-be-released ‘Raphael’ flagship, the Ryzen 9 7950X. Today the red team emailed Tom’s Hardware to tip us off that OC expert Sampson has been busy again, using liquid nitrogen cooling to push Cinebench benchmarking scores into the stratosphere.To quickly recap the benchmarks from earlier in the week, world…

AMD's Ryzen 7000 (Raphael) processors will be out soon, but the chipmaker has wasted no time showing off the Ryzen 9 7950X's overclocking prowess. Famed hardware detective Tum_Apisak (opens in new tab) has dug up some hidden CPU-Z submissions that showcase the Ryzen 9 7950X under liquid nitrogen (LN2), and the results are simply remarkable.Leading AMD's Ryzen 7000 army and potentially one of the best CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7950X wields 16 Zen 4 cores, 32 threads, and a 4.5 GHz base clock. The 16-core flagship has a boost…