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Topton M1 starts at $179.99 (Image source: Topton - edited)

Topton launches affordable, palm-sized mini PC with AMD Ryzen APU

The Topton M1 is a palm-sized mini PC that's an AMD APU. To be specific, it packs the Ryzen 3 5425U, which brings a good amount of power for the system's size. It sits in the affordable price range as well, starting from $179.99.

Abid Ahsan Shanto, 12 Mar 2025 12:58

A reviewer received an older AMD CPU that was disguised as the Ryzen 7 9800X3D via Amazon.de. (Image source: Hardware Busters)

Fake Ryzen 7 9800X3D shipped to reviewer via Amazon, turned out to be an AMD FX 4100 instead

Amazon seems to have shipped a fake Ryzen 7 9800X3D to a reviewer that was actually a much older AMD FX CPU. The reviewer has documented and shared his experience as a warning to everyone.

Vineet Washington, 10 Mar 2025 18:39

The Ryzen 7 9700X is $70 off on Amazon and Newegg with a free copy of Monster Hunter Wilds. (Image source: Amazon)

Deal | Ryzen 7 9700X is $70 off on Amazon with free Monster Hunter Wilds to boot

AMD’s game bundle and a limited time discount bring about an interesting deal for gamers. The Ryzen 7 9700X is currently $70 off via Amazon and Newegg, along with Monster Hunter Wilds Standard Edition bundled for free.

Vineet Washington, 06 Mar 2025 17:39

The 12-core Zen 6 CCD, in the top-right next to the large IOD, reportedly measures around 75 mm². (Image source: Moore's Law Is Dead)

Powerful Zen 6 Medusa Halo iGPU could challenge desktop GPUs with 20% more CUs and 50% wider bus

2026 could be a big year for Ryzen CPUs, as AMD is reportedly working on Zen 6 desktop and mobile CPUs/APUs. However, the most exciting product in the Zen 6 product lineup is, arguably, the Medusa Halo APU which reportedly brings ...

Fawad Murtaza, 04 Mar 2025 09:19

ThinkPad X now ultralight with AMD Ryzen AI: Weight reduced to below one kilogram on the new Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 6 (pictured: Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 6, image source: Lenovo)

MWC 2025 | ThinkPad X now ultralight with AMD Ryzen AI: Weight reduced to below one kilogram on the new Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 6

For the start of the MWC, Lenovo releases a new generation of ThinkPad laptops out into the world. The compact Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 6 receives some of the biggest upgrades. The now smallest ThinkPad laptop weighs below one kilo...

Benjamin Herzig, 03 Mar 2025 00:00

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 14 Gen 10 now features an AMD Krackan Point APU. (Image Source: Lenovo)

MWC 2025 | Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 14 Gen 10 hops on the AMD Krackan Point bandwagon with a better OLED panel this time

Lenovo is introducing an upgraded Yoga Slim 7 at MWC 2025. The Yoga Slim 7 Gen 10 gets upgraded to the AMD Krackan Point Ryzen AI 7 350 APU and now features a brighter and higher resolution OLED panel compared to its predecessor. ...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 03 Mar 2025 00:00

XMG NEO 16 2025 lineup targeted at gamers and content creators (Image Source: XMG)

XMG starts pre-selling NEO 16 2025 laptops with up to an RTX 5090 GPU and Intel Arrow Lake / AMD Ryzen 9000X3D APUs

Initially announced only with Intel Arrow Lake mobile processors, the NEO 16 2025 laptops are now launching with additional AMD Ryzen 9000/X3D APU options. The E25 (Intel) and A25 (AMD) variants are available for pre-sale with RTX...

Bogdan Solca, 27 Feb 2025 15:00

Monster Hunter Wilds is free with an eligible AMD Ryzen CPU, Radeon GPU, and laptops for a limited time. (Image source: AMD)

Monster Hunter Wilds free with purchase of select AMD CPUs and GPUs

AMD’s promotional game bundle brings the $70 Monster Hunter Wilds Standard Edition with a purchase of an eligible Ryzen CPU or Radeon GPU, as well as Ryzen AI 9 300, Ryzen 7000HX, 7000HX3D, Ryzen 8000, and Ryzen AI Max series lapt...

Vineet Washington, 25 Feb 2025 20:18

ASRock has released BIOS update version 3.20 Beta to address boot issues with Ryzen 9800X3D CPUs. (Image source: AMD)

ASRock releases BIOS update to address Ryzen 9000 series boot issues

Ryzen 9800X3D owners have some hope of saving their CPUs thanks to the latest BIOS update from ASRock. Hopefully this will fix the boot and instability issues users have been facing.

Vineet Washington, 25 Feb 2025 17:05

Early 3DMark and Cinebench R23 results tip AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D to match non-X3D chips outside of gaming

Early leaked benchmarks of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D reveal that the new 3D V-Cache Zen 5 CPU is significantly faster than its predecessor in gaming tasks. Despite this, the 9950X3D still manages to keep up with the regular Ryzen 9 ...

Julian van der Merwe, 24 Feb 2025 23:33

Framework's "2nd Gen" hardware will launch with AMD CPU power

Framework hints at AMD Ryzen Max hardware at 2nd Gen launch as AMD joins the Feb 25 announcement

AMD has announced that it will join Framework at the upcoming February 25 Framework 2nd Gen hardware launch event. This, along with Framework's previous cryptic teaser, suggests that perhaps AMD and Framework may release an upgrad...

Julian van der Merwe, 22 Feb 2025 03:07

AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 benchmarks reveal impressive performance

Leaked AMD 'Strix Halo' benchmarks reveal Nvidia RTX 4060-tier performance for Radeon RX 8050S iGPU

An AMD Strix Halo engineering sample has been benchmarked, and the leaked Time Spy results show the Radeon iGPU very nearly matching the average Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 desktop GPU, hinting at a massive improvement over the AMD Ra...

Julian van der Merwe, 13 Feb 2025 07:17

AMD's Ben Conrad delves into several key aspects of the new Ryzen AI 300 Series APUs. (Image via LinkedIn)

"Our big Middle cores are better than their army of little cores" AMD's Ben Conrad chats about some of the design decisions behind Ryzen AI APUs and what makes Strix Halo tick

Interview AMD announced several new Ryzen AI APUs across Strix Point, Kraken Point, Fire Range HX3D, and Strix Halo product lines at CES 2025. We sat down with AMD's Ben Conrad to discuss these APUs, what went into their design, and what th...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 25 Jan 2025 19:03

Team Blue and Team Red have competed for years in all CPU markets, including desktop and laptop. (Image source: DallE 3 creation)

AMD overtakes Intel in benchmark desktop CPU market share but still struggles to build on Ryzen 4000 laptop APU success

The CPU market share graphs over at the PassMark benchmark site make for interesting reading lately, as it seems AMD has once again surpassed Intel in terms of desktop CPU market share. This last happened back in the first quarter...

Daniel R Deakin, 22 Jan 2025 10:50

Aokzoe A1 X gaming handheld breaks cover with AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 to challenge Legion Go 2 ahead of official launch

The Aokzoe A1 X looks like a solid competitor to the likes of the Asus ROG Ally X and upcoming MSI Claw 8+ AI, thanks to a sizeable battery, powerful CPU, and 8-inch, 120 Hz display.

Julian van der Merwe, 17 Jan 2025 19:16

Geekom's sub-$500 A6 features a Ryzen 7 6800H and Radeon 680M iGPU. (Image source: Geekom)

Geekom launches A6 mini PC with AMD Ryzen and Radeon iGPU for $500

Geekom's A6 mini PC is now available for purchase. The tiny desktop features an AMD Ryzen 7 CPU with integrated Radeon graphics, plenty of RAM and storage space, and a solid selection of I/O. Geekom states it is targeting budget-m...

Sam Medley, 17 Jan 2025 17:00

Lenovo Legion Go 2 backwards compatible controller

Lenovo confirms Legion Go 2 controllers to work with original Legion Go and be available for purchase "soon"

One of the biggest hardware changes coming to the Lenovo Legion Go 2 will also be compatible with the original Legion Go. Lenovo has also confirmed that it will sell the Legion Go 2 controllers separately, although likely through ...

Julian van der Merwe, 10 Jan 2025 06:35

Small powerhouse with Strix Halo: HP ZBook Ultra 14 G1a launches with Ryzen AI Max Pro (image source: HP)

CES 2025 | Small powerhouse with Strix Halo: HP ZBook Ultra 14 G1a launches with Ryzen AI Max Pro

Strix Halo goes ZBook: HP is one of the launch partners of AMD for its new Ryzen AI Max Platform. The new HP ZBook Ultra 14 G1a is a compact workstation that may compete well against the Apple MacBook Pro 14.

Benjamin Herzig, 06 Jan 2025 20:45

AMD Ryzen AI Max+ aims to take on Apple and Nvidia flagships. (Image Source: AMD)

CES 2025 | AMD Strix Halo lineup led by Ryzen AI Max+ 395 zealously aims to overtake Apple M4 Pro, Core Ultra 9 288V; 2x faster than RTX 4090 in AI with 87% less power

AMD has unveiled its most powerful Copilot+ PC APU lineup. Dubbed the Ryzen AI Max series, the Strix Halo series led by the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 offers up to 16C/32T configurations with a 50 TOPS NPU and RDNA 3.5 GPU with up to 40 CU...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 06 Jan 2025 20:45

Geekom has an exciting line up of mini PCs being showcased at CES 2025

Geekom redefines mini PC segment at CES 2025 with the QS1 ARM desktop and A9 Max, emphasizes value computing with the $500 A6

Geekom has several new mini PCs innovations on display at CES 2025. The QS1 is the world's first ARM-powered mini PC featuring the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite SoC for unmatched performance and power efficiency. Also on disp...

A‏d, 06 Jan 2025 12:54

Advanced packaging, discrete-level graphics performance, AI-ready neural processing - they're all cool, but they're all increasingly expensive to make. (Image source: Intel, AMD)

The death of cheap laptop CPUs

CheckMag Budget laptops are dying, because budget laptop chips - real budget chips, not just last generation's leftovers - are already dead.

Matthew Lee, 05 Jan 2025 00:59

Embarrassing Arrow Lake sales result in AMD accounting for 93% of total Mindfactory CPU sales for past three weeks

Intel CPUs are not exactly fan favorites at the moment, as Mindfactory's CPU sales data for the past three weeks shows AMD dominating the charts. The situation is so bad for Intel that the new Arrow Lake chips account for a fracti...

Fawad Murtaza, 19 Dec 2024 11:51

The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X is a beastly 16-core Zen 5 CPU, cooling which is no small task. (Image source: Bilibili)

Passively cooled AMD Ryzen 9 9950X hovers at 95 degrees without any performance drop, but there is a catch

Asus recently shared a video demonstrating its ProArt PA401 case, featuring a Ryzen 9 9950X CPU cooled passively using a Noctua NH-P1 cooler. The system managed to run without any noticeable performance downgrades, although there ...

Sambit Saha, 12 Dec 2024 20:51

Elegant clamshell form-factor with midrange performance (Image source: Bogdan Solca / Notebookcheck)

Ayaneo Flip KB handheld console reviewed: Excellent functionality, midrange performance

With its elegant and compact clamshell design, the Ayaneo Flip KB offers a comfortable handheld gaming experience. The Radeon 780M GPU performance is in line even with more powerful competitors, despite the 30 W TDP limit, while c...

Bogdan Solca, 06 Dec 2024 19:52

AMD Strix Halo APUs could debut at CES 2025. (Image source: Moore's Law Is Dead, AMD, edited)

Low-power Strix Halo APU specs and performance leak: 8x Zen 5 cores and more than 25% iGPU bump vs Radeon 890M

Serial leaker Moore's Law Is Dead has leaked details regarding the specs and performance of the low-power Strix Halo variant, the Strix Halo LP. Also termed "Halo 128-bit", the Strix Halo LP APU allegedly enjoys eight full Zen 5 c...

Fawad Murtaza, 29 Nov 2024 18:57

The new workstation series. (Image source: Maingear)

Maingear x Fractal Design: New Pro WS workstation is based on stylish North XL case

Maingear has announced that it has used on-trend Fractal Design cases to make its latest series of custom workstations. They include the Pro WS, based on the popular North XL with its wooden finish. The new line has AMD Ryzen 9000...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 28 Nov 2024 18:10

New Ryzen Threadripper 9000 leak shows no compromise on power (Image source: AMD)

AMD's next-gen Threadripper 9000 series to feature 16 to 96 cores, all at 350W TDP

A new leak has revealed key details about AMD’s next-generation Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series, codenamed Shimada Peak. Featuring Zen 5 architecture, the lineup will range from a surprising 16-core variant to a flagship 96-core mo...

Andrew Sozinov, 24 Nov 2024 13:25

Released in 2024 for a platform that is over 8 years old, the 5900XT and its elder siblings still offer excellent performance (Image Source: Amazon)

12 and 16 core AMD processors down to record low prices on Amazon

The AM4 platform is now a couple of generations old, but still popular enough that even in 2024 AMD is releasing new chips in the form of the 5900XT. Whether you want to go for a 2024 chip or one released in 2020, you can get 12 a...

David Devey, 22 Nov 2024 11:55

Microsoft pushing out full-screen ads to Windows 10 users

Windows 10 users have been served full-screen upgrade warnings for Windows 11 before, but now, Microsoft is using the same tactic for full-on ads. Users are being shown the newest in the Microsoft Surface lineup, and being urged t...

Daniel Fuller, 21 Nov 2024 22:25

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is the currently the best-selling CPU on Mindfactory. (Image source: Pixabay, Intel, edited)

Intel Arrow Lake gets absolutely pummeled in Mindfactory CPU sales for ongoing week as AMD dominates chart

Intel is having a pretty hard time selling CPUs in Germany according to Mindfactory sales data for the current week. Team Blue has taken such a beating that there is only one SKU, the low-end Core i3-14100, in the top 30 best-sell...

Fawad Murtaza, 20 Nov 2024 12:03

The Pocket 4 might become the first handheld to feature the latest AMD Strix Point APU. (Image source: GPD)

GPD unveils Pocket 4 pricing: Ultraportable AMD-powered laptop coming soon

GPD has unveiled pricing for its Pocket 4 mini laptop, a versatile 770g device combining a handheld, laptop, and a tablet in a single device. Powered by AMD Zen 4 and Zen 5 processors, SKUs will be available ranging from $895 to $...

Andrew Sozinov, 17 Nov 2024 18:19

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D has an MSRP of $479. (Image source: Notebookcheck, Moore's Law Is Dead, edited)

Insane Ryzen 7 9800X3D demand outpaces supply as companies allegedly panic buy stock to offset Trump's tariffs

According to serial leaker Moore's Law Is Dead, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is apparently selling so well that US retailers can't seem to fulfill demand despite receiving a lot of stock at launch. More interestingly, the leaker claims...

Fawad Murtaza, 15 Nov 2024 21:11

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is an 8-core, 16-thread Zen 5 CPU with 96 MB of L3 cache. (Image source: Notebookcheck, 3DCenter)

Ryzen 7 9800X3D review analysis: AMD breaks streak of bad CPU launches with the fastest gaming CPU ever

After an underwhelming Zen 5 launch where the new Ryzen 9000 CPUs failed to deliver any noteworthy gaming performance increase over Zen 4, AMD has nailed the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. According to a launch review analysis conducted by 3DCe...

Fawad Murtaza, 11 Nov 2024 12:43

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D packs 8x Zen 5 cores with 16 threads and a boost clock of 5.2 GHz. (Image source: Notebookcheck, Sandro Katalina on Unsplash, edited)

Overclocked Ryzen 7 9800X3D running beyond 6 GHz displays insane gaming and multi-core performance increase

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D has shown an insane 6.9 GHz clock speed in Counter-Strike 2 when overclocked using LN2 cooling. As a result, the CPU played the game at a mind-boggling >1,000 FPS while also netting a massive increase in multi-...

Fawad Murtaza, 07 Nov 2024 14:01

The top-end AMD Strix Halo iGPU reportedly features a 270 GB/s bandwidth. (Image source: AMD, Moore's Law Is Dead, edited)

No Strix Halo gaming laptops launching soon as leak details Strix Halo iGPU performance, specs, and release cadence

The upcoming AMD Strix Halo APUs are shaping up to be quite impressive with a powerful Zen 5 CPU and an RDNA 3.5 iGPU. Per the latest Strix Halo specs and performance leak from Moore's Law Is Dead, the flagship Strix Halo iGPU is ...

Fawad Murtaza, 06 Nov 2024 11:46

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is set to succeed the 7800X3D on November 7. (Image source: Notebookcheck)

Ryzen 7 9800X3D defeats 7800X3D by almost 25% in leaked Blender benchmarks while getting trampled by Core Ultra 7

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is set to see the light of day on the 7th of November. The 120 W chip is expected to arrive with 8 Zen 5 cores and a boost clock of 5.2 GH. In a recent Blender benchmark apperance, the 9800X3D thrashes the ...

Sambit Saha, 29 Oct 2024 22:12

AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7 9800X3D appears on PugetBench. (Image source: AMD)

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D outperforms Core i7-14700K in PugetBench with impressive results

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D has made its debut on PugetBench, specifically in the Premeire Pro and DaVinci Resolve tests. The processor appears to blow past comparable systems from Intel, with the exception of the higher-end Core Ultra 9 ...

Sambit Saha, 27 Oct 2024 20:33