Following-up on our recent look at AMD’s 3D V-Cache infused Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-core gaming processor, we’re now able to post our findings of the slimmer 8-core Ryzen 7 7800X3D. The results may surprise you, so it’s well worth poring over the data to make sure you don’t opt for more processor than you actually need.

AMD’s first Zen 4 processors featuring 3D V-Cache technology have landed, and with a focus squarely on gamers, we’ve been eager to see how 3D V-Cache elevates AMD’s Zen 4, and not to mention how it performs against the Intel competition. With the 16-core 7950X3D and thirteen games in-hand, let’s explore what AMD’s latest and greatest gaming CPU can pull off.

Which CPU you should be eying for your next workstation depends entirely on your workload, something this article will highlight across a range of tests. With AMD’s Zen 4-based Ryzens and Intel’s Raptor Lake-based Core processors in-hand, we’re exploring performance potential in encoding, rendering, photogrammetry, and others.

Today’s the day when Intel launches its long-anticipated 4th-gen Xeon Scalable and Xeon Max-series processors, and the company has given us plenty to talk about. We have CPUs with built-in HBM2e memory, many accelerators scattered across the entire range, and notably, AMX AI acceleration built into every one.

At an event held in Austin, Texas, AMD has just unveiled more details about its Ryzen 7000 series processors and AM5 platform, both set to launch to consumers on Sept 27. Some huge promises revolve around the product, including a 13% IPC boost, and hugely competitive performance in both creator and gaming workloads.

First seen in its server-bound Milan-X EPYC, AMD’s brought its 3D V-Cache technology to consumers with the new Ryzen 7 5800XD. With triple the L3 cache vs. the original 5800X, the right workloads could exhibit a notable performance-boost. For our first look at the 5800X3D, we’re tackling our usual assortment of workstation performance scenarios.

Intel’s 12th-gen Core architecture represents a huge shift from previous designs, with ‘performance’ cores being teamed up with ‘efficient’ cores in launch models. For our first performance deep-dive, we’re going to put the i5-12600K and i9-12900K up against many encoding, rendering, and system benchmarks.

It wasn’t all too long ago that Intel debuted its 11th-gen Core series, but here we are, with the 12th-gen launch upon us. Unlike most architecture launches we’ve seen from Intel recently, this one represents truly major changes, both to the architecture itself, and the accompanying platform.

With the release of Blender 2.93, the 2.X era comes to an end. Considering Blender 2.0 released in August 2000, you could say that this moment is a bit special. It’d be a true understatement to say that the software has come a long way in all of that time, so let’s honor the final major 2.X release with some in-depth rendering and viewport benchmarking, shall we?

AMD has just launched its third generation EPYC server processor series, also known as Milan. This EPYC update brings AMD’s Zen 3 architecture to the data center, with its improved efficiency, faster performance, and bolstered security. With some of the new chips in-hand, we’re going to explore how AMD’s latest chips handle our most demanding workloads.

We’re taking a fresh look at workstation performance revolving (almost) entirely around the CPU. With many encoding and rendering tests in-hand, we’re exploring different performance angles with the help of our CPU collection which includes models ranging from six- to 64-cores. What matters more; core-count or clock speeds?

Blender’s latest version, 2.92, has just released, and as usual, we’re going to dig into its performance and see which CPUs and GPUs reign supreme. For something a bit different this go-around, we’re adding Linux results to our rendering and viewport tests, and not surprisingly, the results are interesting!

With Blender 2.91 recently released, as well as a fresh crop of hardware from both AMD and NVIDIA, we’re tackling performance from many different angles here. On tap is rendering with the CPU, GPU, and CPU+GPU, as well as viewport – with wireframe testing making a rare appearance for important reasons. Let’s dig in.

On day two of its annual Snapdragon Tech Summit, Qualcomm went into great detail about what makes its new Snapdragon 888 alluring. The new SoC offers huge performance improvements, as well as a fleet of new features from camera to gaming to bite into.

Qualcomm had a lot to talk about on the first day of its latest Snapdragon Tech Summit. We’ve once again been given updates on 5G momentum, and gained the suspicion that availability is on the cusp of exploding. We were also introduced to the company’s latest top-tier chip: Snapdragon 888.