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Max Tech has pitted the OnePlus 15 against the iPhone 17 Pro Max to see which one comes out on top. At one point in the synthetic benchmark segment, OnePlus's new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 flagship failed to keep up, as it overheated and crashed during testing.

As interest around Valve’s revived Steam Machine continues, Ayaneo’s already-launched AM01S has returned to attention thanks to a new hands-on video showcasing its compact, retro-styled design and AMD Ryzen AI internals. The model has been available for some time, though the new footage offers a clearer look at how it performs in practical use.

Xiaomi is gearing up to launch a new "affordable" global flagship. The Poco F8 Ultra just appeared on a Geekbench listing, confirming its powerful key specs and including the 16GB of RAM that the Poco F8 Pro model might lack.

The OnePlus 15, iPhone 17 Pro Max, and Xiaomi 17 Pro Max have gone head-to-head in a real-world battery drain test conducted by TechDroider. Despite its smaller battery, the iPhone managed to secure second place, while the OnePlus 15 and Xiaomi 17 Pro Max battled closely for the top spot.

The Motorola Edge 70 Ultra appears to have made its Geekbench debut. The phone sports 16 GB of RAM and performs somewhere between the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Snapdragon 8 Elite, but it's unclear what chipset exactly underpins it.

GMKtec’s AMD Strix Halo-powered EVO-X2 mini PC is taking aim at Nvidia’s $4,000 DGX Spark, claiming faster AI response times at nearly half the price. The test raises questions about value versus raw throughput.

A recent performance comparison of Windows 11 and Bazzite 43 on the Asus ROG Xbox Ally revealed notable differences in how each system handles power and gameplay across titles like Cyberpunk 2077, DOOM: The Dark Ages, and Celeste.

YouTuber ETA Prime has tested the new Lenovo Legion Go 2 with AMD’s Ryzen Z2 APU, highlighting its performance tuning and thermal efficiency. The handheld shows promising results across multiple TDP modes, positioning it as a capable yet not-so-cheap entry in Lenovo’s second-generation lineup.

Nubia is preparing to launch a new Snapdragon 8 Elite-powered gaming smartphone that breaks away from its Red Magic line. With 94.5 W charging, premium design, and flagship specs, it’s shaping up to challenge the Realme GT 8, Redmi K90, and OnePlus Ace 6.

A new ChargerLAB test compares how the iPhone 17 behaves when paired with different Apple power adapters, including the latest 40 W model. The results highlight how Apple’s charging performance scales across varying wattages.

A YouTuber has managed to bring a cut-down version of the PlayStation 5’s hardware to life on a custom AMD BC250 board bought from China. Running Linux, the unit surprisingly booted and delivered playable performance across several modern games, effectively turning PS5 silicon into a working gaming PC.

The Abxylute 3D One is a $1,799 Windows handheld that combines the design elements of the Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch 2, and a gaming tablet. Its first look has recently appeared on YouTube, offering a closer look at the glasses-free 3D display and how this hybrid device comes together.

The Poco Pad M1 is set to launch globally, bringing a new budget tablet option to the market. Recent Geekbench leaks confirmed the tablet’s key specs, revealing it runs on the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 chip with 8GB RAM. However, true to Xiaomi's confusing strategy, the Poco Pad M1 appears to be a simple rebrand of the recently announced Redmi Pad 2 Pro.

A Reddit user has given the PlayStation 3 Slim a fresh lease of life with a hand-built “PS3 Slim Pro” mod. Blending creative engineering and silent performance, the build has caught the attention of the r/PS3 community.

Further corroborating previous rumors, it seems Xiaomi has a new mid-range tablet in the works. This tablet is reported to be badged as the Poco Pad X1 and now appears to have hit Geekbench with a Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 and 8 GB of RAM in tow.

APT is set to gain Rust code in 2026 as Debian modernises its package manager. The coding language's presence in open-source projects keep growing.

AnTuTu has revealed the top 10 mid-range phones that have achieved the highest average benchmark scores in October 2025. Among the ten smartphones, none are powered by a Snapdragon SoC, allowing MediaTek to clean sweep the list.

Microsoft has rolled out its full-screen handheld mode to the MSI Claw through the latest Windows 11 Insider build, signalling a stronger push toward console-like experiences on Windows handhelds.

AnTuTu has shared the top flagship phones that have achieved the highest average scores throughout October 2025. The top five spots are taken by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 smartphones, with only three Dimensity 9500 phones in the list.

Gigabyte’s in-house overclocker Hicookie has once again pushed DDR5 memory to its limits, reaching a blistering 13,034 MT/s using the Z890 Aorus Tachyon ICE motherboard and Adata XPG Lancer RGB memory. The extreme overclocking feat under LN2 cooling reaffirms Gigabyte’s long strides in memory performance tuning.

The Radeon RX 9070 XT is AMD's answer to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. At launch, the RX 9070 XT was around 8% slower than the RTX 5070 Ti. Hardware Unboxed has now tested both GPUs, alongside the RX 9070 and the RTX 5070, to see where modern mid-range GPUs currently stand.

YouTube channel Not From Concentrate (NFC) has unveiled the Tiny PS5 Redux, a refined and compact redesign of Sony’s console that fans can now build themselves. The project focuses on better thermals, portability, and accessibility, with a step-by-step guide available through the NFC store.

Lenovo’s new Legion Pro 5 16 proves that high-end gaming doesn’t always need a high-end processor. In Notebookcheck’s review, the Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX delivers performance that trails the more expensive Ultra 9 275HX by only a small margin—while consuming significantly less power and costing less.

YouTuber ETA Prime has tested the GPD Win 5 with the official SteamOS 3.8 main branch, marking one of the first successful runs of Valve’s OS on AMD’s new Strix Halo platform. The handheld achieved smooth performance across several AAA titles, though some differences compared with Windows 11 remain.

In a video uploaded 5 days ago, YouTuber Kingmi Mobile retrofitted an iPhone 17 Pro Max with a cooling system he removed from a RedMagic 11 Pro+ device, revealing an 8% jump in performance.

After testing the RX 9070 and the RTX 5070 with image upscaling, Hardware Unboxed has now also compared the RX 9070 XT using FSR 4. The card is now 24% faster than the RTX 5070. However, the GPU is still much more expensive than its official MSRP, which considerably worsens the board's value.

Samsung's next-gen flagship chipset, the Exynos 2600, has surfaced on Geekbench yet again. The SOC is expected to be present in the Galaxy S26 lineup next year, and appears to deliver CPU performance on par with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.

Unlike the Ti version with 12 GB, Nvidia’s RTX 5070 (non-Ti) only comes with 8 GB of VRAM — a spec that’s sparked plenty of online debate about its future-proofing, and understandably, some concern. Our test unit, the Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IAX10 with an RTX 5070, offers some useful insight into how much VRAM might actually be “enough.”

Hardware Unboxed has tested and compared the performance of the Arrow Lake Core Ultra 9 285K and the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Even after the performance enhancing updates and with the 200S Boost overclocking, the Core Ultra 9 285K is still no match for the Ryzen 7 9800X3D.

YouTuber MrMacRight recently tested several AAA titles, including Resident Evil 4, Death Stranding, and Assassin’s Creed Mirage, on Apple’s new M5 iPad Pro. The results highlight meaningful performance and thermal gains over the M4 model, though optimisation issues persist in some games, particularly in Ubisoft’s latest release.

A user on r/iPhone has compiled the Geekbench 6 single-core, multi-core, and Metal scores of almost all major iPhone models since 2015. The results show that the iPhone 17 is close to 600% faster in single-core and over 1,000% ahead in multi-core/GPU performance when compared against the iPhone 6S.

Expectations were high for Samsung's Exynos 2600 chip, but new benchmark data suggests possible pitfalls. Recent Geekbench scores reveal a surprising performance drop, positioning the next-gen processor even below its current rivals. A notable tweak to the CPU frequencies opens the door to potential thermal or efficiency issues.

YouTuber Zac Builds transformed a classic PlayStation 3 into a fully water-cooled, overclocked console. Using a hackable model and custom-made cooling parts, he pushed the system’s limits to reveal just how much performance the 2006 hardware can still deliver.

An Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 laptop, equipped with an Intel Panther Lake Core Ultra X7 358H, has stopped by Geekbench for a set of valid OpenCL benchmark results. The resulting scores show that the Intel Panther Lake's Arc Celestial iGPU is indeed 50% better than the Arc 140V.

Hardware Unboxed has compared the performance of the RX 9070 and the RTX 5070 in 23 games, using FSR 4 for the Radeon card and DLSS 4 for the GeForce GPU. The results are quite interesting, as the RX 9070 is now even faster than it was at launch, with and without image upscaling.

ETA Prime is experimenting with a fully battery-powered dual-GPU setup using the Lenovo Legion Go 2 and an external RTX A500 GPU. By combining it with Lossless Scaling, the YouTuber achieves surprising performance gains, proving that true portable dual-GPU gaming might just be possible.

The just-launched Intel Panther Lake flagship, the Core Ultra X9 388H, has been tested with 3DMark Time Spy Graphics to judge the performance of the onboard graphics. Panther Lake's next-gen Celestial iGPU with 12 Xe cores is reportedly up to 50% better than the Lunar Lake Arc 140V.

Like its predecessors, the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 stays competitive and flat-out outperforms Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 at times, even. At least, if new benchmarks of the Vivo X300 Pro and Xiaomi 17 Pro Max are anything to go by.

The Redmi K90 Pro has appeared on Geekbench with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, 16GB of RAM, and Android 16. Like its predecessor, the K90 Pro will likely be rebranded as the Poco F8 Ultra for markets outside China.

USB4 v2 offers a noticeable leap over its predecessor, bringing up to 80 Gbps bi-directional bandwidth. This improved speed should result in better performance from compatible eGPUs, which ETA Prime has just showcased.

Honor is about to launch a broad range of products in China, which includes the MagicPad 3 Pro. Ahead of the October 15 event, the Android tablet with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 has surfaced with impressive AnTuTu scores.

Battlefield 6 runs pretty decently even on budget APUs like the 5600G, delivering close to 45 FPS. But here’s what happens when you try to run the game on an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Super — a sub-$200 budget card from 2019.

The new Xiaomi 17 series phones are the first with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 flagship chipset. First doesn't necessarily mean best, however, as benchmark tests on the phones show minor CPU performance improvements relative to last-gen phones from other OEMs.

Xiaomi's new TV Stick 4K (2nd Gen) is one of the cheapest Google TV devices outside the US. Despite that, it performs admirably well, with its S905X5M SoC delivering CPU and GPU performance better than devices like the Google TV Streamer 4K.

Digital Foundry on YouTube revealed that Nintendo’s Switch 2 supports two distinct DLSS modes: a full version similar to PCs, and a faster, ‘light’ model built to upscale games beyond 1080p without tanking performance.

After decades on PlayStation and Xbox, I tested the Lenovo LOQ 16IRH8 in Fortnite, Warzone, Gears, and Hogwarts Legacy... here’s why I’m not going back.