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The Acer Nitro 5 series features affordable gaming laptops. (Image source: Shopee)

Acer Nitro 5 laptops appear on retailer website with AMD Ryzen 5 3550U APUs

A Southeast Asian retail website has listed two Acer Nitro 5 laptops sporting AMD Ryzen 5 3550U processors. The new APU has been mentioned on various sites in the past but has not been made official by the red team yet. It’s expec...

Daniel R Deakin, Sun, 22 Sep 2019 23:17:00 +0200

The AMD Ryzen 3000 series third-generation Threadripper will launch in November. (Image source: AMD)

AMD will release the 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X and first 24-core Ryzen 3000 Threadripper processors in November

AMD has officially stated that the Ryzen 9 3950X desktop processor and the next generation of Ryzen Threadripper chips will be launched in November. Although some will be disappointed about the delay of the 16-core Matisse CPU, ot...

Daniel R Deakin, Sat, 21 Sep 2019 00:45:00 +0200

The Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 was released in October 2018. (Image source: Microsoft)

New tip suggests Microsoft Surface device will come with AMD's Ryzen 5 3550U and Ryzen 7 3750U processors

An interesting tip from a well-known leaker has seemingly revealed which AMD processors could find their way into Microsoft Surface devices in the not too distant future. It’s expected the new Surface Laptop 3 will be configured w...

Daniel R Deakin, Fri, 20 Sep 2019 23:42:00 +0200

The new MSI Prestige 15 features 10th Gen Intel Core processors. (Image source: MSI)

Update | Hexa-core i7-10710U sample underachieves in Cinebench R15 and R20 benchmarks; trails behind AMD's quad-core Ryzen 7 3700U

A 6-core Comet Lake Intel Core i7-10710U has been put through the rigors of Cinebench R15 and R20 and has apparently struggled with the multi-core testing aspects of the benchmarks. AMD’s 15 W quad-core APU, the Ryzen 7 3700U, was...

Daniel R Deakin, Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:03:53 +0200

The Intel Core i7-10710U is based on 14nm manufacturing technology. (Image source: TechnoFAQ)

Intel Core i7-10710U delivers powerful single-core performances in UserBenchmark and Geekbench 5; flies past AMD Ryzen 7 3700U and 3750H rivals

An Intel Core i7-10710U processor has been spotted being put through its paces on both UserBenchmark and Geekbench 5. The energy-efficient six-core CPU, which was tested in MSI’s new Prestige 15 laptop, particularly shines in sing...

Daniel R Deakin, Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:07:00 +0200

The Honor MagicBook Pro. (Source: Honor)

Honor launches Ryzen 3000-powered versions of the MagicBook Pro

The Honor MagicBook Pro is an ultrabook that seems to take after the MacBook in design. It was launched with Intel Core i7-8565U or i5-8265U CPUs. Now, it maker has launched new variants that replaces them with AMD APUs.

Deirdre O Donnell, Wed, 04 Sep 2019 23:01:00 +0200

AMD could end up facing legal action in regard to advertised Ryzen 3000 boost clock rates. (Image source: Gigazine)

AMD addresses issue with 3rd Gen Ryzen processors failing to reach advertised boost clock speeds

AMD has posted a declaration on its Ryzen Twitter account in regard to reports of 3rd Gen Ryzen processors not offering the levels of performance that were expected by users. The post states that the company is working on a BIOS u...

Daniel R Deakin, Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:13:00 +0200

This is not the first time we have seen a 32 core "AMD Sharkstooth" on Geekbench. (Image source: AMD)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Zen 2 hits 4.17 GHz in Geekbench, obliterating the Threadripper 2950X, Ryzen 9 3900X and Intel Core i9-9900K in the process

A new 32 core AMD Ryzen Threadripper Zen 2 processor has appeared on Geekbench, following the one spotted by @momomo_us earlier this month. The chip seems like a downclocked version of the one that almost hit 100,000 in Geekbench,...

Alex Alderson, Sun, 01 Sep 2019 00:42:00 +0200

The new IdeaCentre A540 comes with 24-inch and 27-inch displays. (Source: Lenovo)

Lenovo announces IdeaCentre A540 asymmetric all-in-one PC with gen 9 Intel CPUs and Radeon GPUs

In order to make the IdeaCentre A540 display thinner, Lenovo moved some of the components in a base stand that also wirelessly charges QI-certified handhelds. The new all-in-one systems come in 24-inch or 27-inch sizes, and users ...

Bogdan Solca, Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:58:00 +0200

The Ryzen 5 3500 will apparently not support SMT. (Image source: AMD)

The Ryzen 5 3500 apparently scores up to 25% more than the Ryzen 5 1500X in 3DMark; 3% more than the Intel Core i5-9400 too

AMD is set to take on Intel's budget Core i5 desktop processors according to a new leak. The new CPU, called the Ryzen 5 3500, apparently outperforms the Core i5-9400 and Ryzen 5 1500X in 3DMark too.

Alex Alderson, Mon, 26 Aug 2019 19:20:00 +0200

AMD CrossFire is now passé. (Source: AMD)

AMD confirms CrossFire is no longer a focus, next gen Threadripper to be revealed soon

AMD chief Dr. Lisa Su delivered a keynote at the Hot Chips conference earlier this week and spoke about the company's plans for HPC and exascale computing. Dr. Su also reiterated that CrossFire multi-GPU support is no longer a foc...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, Fri, 23 Aug 2019 09:01:00 +0200

Is the Vega 12 back, but in a different form? (Image source: AMD)

Revised AMD Vega 12 achieves OpenCL score of almost 85,000 points in Geekbench

The AMD Vega 12, the GPU that formed the basis of last year's Radeon Pro Vega 16 and Vega 20, has reared its head in one of the stranger recent Geekbench listings. Spotted by @KOMACHI_ENSAKA, the GPU has been tested in what looks ...

Alex Alderson, Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:17:00 +0200

AMD Ryzen CPU options coming to the HP Pavilion Gaming series for the first time ever (Source: HP)

AMD Ryzen CPU options coming to the HP Pavilion Gaming laptop series for the first time ever

The upcoming late 2019 model will be 4 percent thinner (23.5 mm vs. 24.5 mm) with 28 percent larger heat pipes than the 2018 model. Meanwhile, the Ryzen 5 3550H and Ryzen 7 3750H should offer a performance level similar to the Cor...

Allen Ngo, Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:00:00 +0200

The Ryzen 5 3550U is part of AMD's Raven Ridge APU series. (Image source: AMD)

The Ryzen 5 3550U outscores the Ryzen 7 3700U and Ryzen 7 3750H in Geekbench, but lives in Intel's shadow

The Ryzen 5 3550U may be another mobile Ryzen 3000 series APU, but not all is as it seems. A recent Geekbench listing shows that the processor is capable of even outscoring the Ryzen 7 3750H in multicore tasks. However, it appears...

Alex Alderson, Sun, 18 Aug 2019 15:44:00 +0200

The Ryzen 3000 series has been generally well-received. (Image source: OnlineTechTips)

Rumored clock rates for AMD Ryzen 9 3900 surface online

Purported details of the AMD Ryzen 9 3900 processor have been posted on Twitter. The Ryzen 3000 series chip has not been officially announced yet, but it seems this particular SKU could be a 65-W TDP variant as opposed to the Ryze...

Daniel R Deakin, Thu, 15 Aug 2019 13:29:00 +0200

The RX Vega 9 should debut in the Ryzen 5 3550U. (Image source: AMD)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 9 performs on par with the RX 550X in Geekbench with an 8% lead over the NVIDIA GeForce MX230

It has been a few months since there were rumblings online about AMD integrating a new Radeon RX Vega GPU on an upcoming Ryzen 3000 series APU. Now, reliable leaker @TUM_APISAK has spotted a Geekbench listing confirming the existe...

Alex Alderson, Thu, 15 Aug 2019 13:25:00 +0200

The 32 core Threadripper Zen 2 has 128 MB of L3 cache. (Image source: AMD)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Zen 2 scores over 2x the Ryzen 9 3900X in Geekbench; more than 2.5x times higher than the Threadripper 2950X and Core i9-9900K too

The Ryzen Zen 2 series may currently be the order of the day, but AMD has something even bigger around the corner. What may prove to be the upper-tier of the next-generation Threadripper series has reared its head on Geekbench in ...

Alex Alderson, Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:42:00 +0200

Finally, Asus ZenBook 14 SKUs with AMD Ryzen 3500U and 3700U options are coming

AMD's mobile Ryzen series is slowly but surely making its way up onto higher-end Ultrabooks. The less expensive ZenBook 14 UM433DA will offer Ryzen Zen+ processors for a similar level of performance to the more expensive Intel Whi...

Allen Ngo, Wed, 14 Aug 2019 17:56:00 +0200

Intel announced the Core i9-9900KS at Computex 2019. (Image source: jisakutech)

The Core i9-9900KS scores up to 12% lower in 3DMark than the Ryzen 9 3900X; 9% less than the Ryzen 7 3700X too

Launched at Computex 2019, the Core i9-9900KS is a 5 GHz all-core variant of the Core i9-9900K that also has a 4 GHz base clock. Sounds great for gamers, right? Well, a recent 3DMark Fire Strike posting suggests otherwise, with th...

Alex Alderson, Mon, 12 Aug 2019 12:52:00 +0200

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X performs comparatively better in Ubuntu, but Windows 10 has finally caught up. (Source: Nsane Forums)

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X cross-platform benchmarking shows the Windows 10 scheduler finally catching up to that of Linux

Comparative benchmarks between AMD Ryzen 9 3900X systems running Windows 10 1903 and Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS show that Microsoft's work in optimizing the OS for MCM CPUs such as Ryzen has paid off. Although Linux does have an overall l...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, Sat, 03 Aug 2019 16:13:00 +0200

The Asus ROG Strix X570-E motherboard. (Source: Asus)

Asus working on AMD X590 and X599 motherboards to cater to the Ryzen 9 3950X and Threadripper 3000 series

Internal Asus documents point to at least two AMD X590 boards in development. This was confirmed by an Asus source to Videocardz. Not much is known about the X590 chipset at the moment apart from the fact that AMD could be alignin...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, Fri, 02 Aug 2019 09:40:00 +0200

The Sony PlayStation 4 is the fastest console to achieve 100 million sales. (Source: Sony)

Sony's PlayStation 4 is the fastest selling console to 100 million global sales

Sony has revealed that it has now sold over 100 million units worldwide. The company touted the figure during its latest earnings call making it the fastest console to achieve this milestone.

Sanjiv Sathiah, Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:24:00 +0200

CEO Lisa Su has already promised that AMD will bring more Threadripper CPUs to market. (Image source: Digital Trends)

Feasible 16 core AMD Threadripper 3000 series CPU crushes the Ryzen 9 3900X and Threadripper 2950X in multi-core workloads

Well, well, well. We might have just got our first sight of an AMD Threadripper 3000 series processor, courtesy of a posting on UserBenchmark. The processor, which we expect to see before the end of the year, is compatible with th...

Alex Alderson, Wed, 24 Jul 2019 23:04:00 +0200

A 32 GB version of the Smach Z was utilized in the unboxing video. (Image source: YouTube/The Phawx)

Smach Z prototype gets tested: Challenges GPD Win 2 3DMark scores and may offer 32 GB RAM and Ryzen Embedded V1807B SoC

A prototype of a Smach Z handheld game console has been unboxed and tested in a YouTube video posted by The Phawx. The device was put through its paces in three 3DMark benchmarks and managed to outscore the GPD Win 2 in all three ...

Daniel R Deakin, Mon, 22 Jul 2019 21:06:00 +0200

One of the only laptops ever with Radeon RX Vega 56 graphics is on sale right now for $1300

Performance will be just shy of a $2000 laptop with Intel Core i9 and RTX 2070 Max-Q graphics but for significantly less money. This 17.3-inch Acer Predator desktop replacement throws efficiency out the window for raw power.

Allen Ngo, Sun, 21 Jul 2019 06:07:00 +0200

The Ryzen 9 3900X offers a good scope for undervolting. (Source: PCWorld)

Undervolted AMD Ryzen 9 3900X shown be just 23% slower while drawing 36% less power at 1.00V Vcore

The AMD Ryzen 9 3900X was shown to suffer only a nominal performance hit while drawing significantly less power when undervolted to 1.00V. Interestingly, the clock speeds across all tested Vcore voltages remained the same at 4.2 G...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, Fri, 19 Jul 2019 17:15:00 +0200

AMD's new Zen 2-based 3000 series chips are off to a great start. (Source: AMD)

AMD Ryzen outselling Intel Core in Asia

Intel might have comfortably dominated the PC chip market for the best part of the last decade, but it now looks like it has a real fight on its hands following the launch of AMD's new Zen 2-based chips. According to Danawa Resear...

Sanjiv Sathiah, Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:55:00 +0200

The AMD Ryzen 7 3800X has very good overclocking potential. (Source: B&H)

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X pushed to 5.9 GHz along with DDR4 RAM at 5,774 MHz on LN2, seems to have good potential for an all-core overclock record

The AMD Ryzen 7 3800X managed to achieve an impressive 5.9 GHz single-core overclock on LN2. Pro-overclocker 'TSAIK' achieved this on an MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE motherboard and also managed to overclock the DDR4 RAM up to 5,774 MHz. ...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, Wed, 17 Jul 2019 08:10:00 +0200

Intel's Core i9-9900KS has eight cores that can all boost to 5.0 GHz. (Image source: MySmartPrice)

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X in X570 motherboard surpassed by unhindered Intel Core i9-9900KS in latest Geekbench reveal

A new Geekbench comparison has been unearthed that appears to give a snapshot of the true performance of the upcoming Intel Core i9-9900KS processor. The chip from the blue team has been measured against a powerful AMD Ryzen 7 380...

Daniel R Deakin, Mon, 15 Jul 2019 22:06:00 +0200

Desktop PC gamers will be the target market for the Intel Core i9-9900KS. (Image source: PC Builder's Club)

Intel's Core i9-9900KS fails to kill AMD Ryzen 7 3800X in Geekbench comparison

A Geekbench comparison between an Intel Core i9-9900KS processor and an AMD Ryzen 7 3800X has been shared online showing some surprising results. The Ryzen CPU is soundly defeated in the single-core benchmark test; however, in the...

Daniel R Deakin, Sat, 13 Jul 2019 22:06:00 +0200

Lenovo laptops with the Ryzen 7 3700U run 58 percent faster than HP laptops with the exact same processor

An HP facepalm. Of the four laptops we've tested so far with AMD's latest Zen+ CPU, the two HP models perform noticeably slower than the two Lenovo models because of better temperature and clock rate management on the latter syste...

Allen Ngo, Fri, 12 Jul 2019 09:52:00 +0200

μProf 3.0 runs on multiple Linux and Windows distributions. (Image source: AMD)

AMD announces μProf 3.0, a free tool to optimise apps for AMD processors

μProf 3.0 supports Assembly, C, C++ and Fortran along with Java and .Net. It can also work with programs compiled using GNU, Intel or Microsoft compilers in addition to LLVM and AOCC. The tool includes not only energy, performance...

Alex Alderson, Tue, 09 Jul 2019 12:56:00 +0200

Get 3 months of XBox Game Pass when you buy an AMD Radeon graphics card or Ryzen processor

Join the Microsoft Game Pass beta on PC when it launches on July 9th. AMD will throw in a three-month subscription if purchasing a last generation GCN graphics card or 2nd generation Zen processor.

Allen Ngo, Mon, 08 Jul 2019 04:00:00 +0200

The Ryzen 7 3700X is part of the Matisse series of chips. (Image source: AMD)

Promising UserBenchmark result shows AMD Ryzen 7 3700X taking on both the Core i9-9900X and Threadripper 2950X

A UserBenchmark record has been shared online showing the performance of AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 7 3700X processor. The 8-core, 16-thread Zen 2 chip has powered through the speed tests and thrown up an average benchmark score that no...

Daniel R Deakin, Fri, 05 Jul 2019 22:55:00 +0200

The ASRock 4x4 BOX-R1000 features a smaller chassis and active cooling. (Source: ASRock)

ASRock launches its smallest Ryzen mini PC yet

The new 4x4 BOX-R1000 is basically the active cooling version of the iBOX-R1000 model launched in April 2019. It comes with a smaller chassis, but the specs are almost the same, except for the supported RAM that has been downgrade...

Bogdan Solca, Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:57:00 +0200

The AMD Ryzen 5 3600X will be launched on July 7. (Image source: HotHardware/AMD)

AMD's Ryzen 5 3600X overtakes Intel's Core i7-9700K in UserBenchmark speed test

AMD’s Ryzen 5 3600X processor has turned up on UserBenchmark and has amassed excellent scores in the speed tests. The upcoming Zen 2 chip managed to zip past rivals such as Intel’s Core i7-8700K and Core i7-9700K. The impressive p...

Daniel R Deakin, Thu, 04 Jul 2019 21:42:00 +0200

Grab the Ryzen 7 2700X for just US$199.99 while you can. (Image source: AMD)

Deal | Save up to US$150 on an AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

The arrival of Ryzen Zen 2 this month and beyond inevitably means price cuts for existing AMD CPUs. The Ryzen 7 2700X with a Wraith Prism Cooler originally launched at US$329 and is now being sold by most retailers at US$269.99. H...

Alex Alderson, Thu, 04 Jul 2019 19:29:00 +0200

The AMD Ryzen 9 3950X could turn soon turn out to be an enthusiast's favorite. (Source: PCWorld)

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X's leaked Cinebench OC score shows that there's no stopping this juggernaut

A Cinebench R15 multi-core score of an overclocked AMD Ryzen 9 3950X has leaked online indicating that the CPU can obliterate literally anything in its way. The result looks to be that of an engineering sample that has been overcl...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, Thu, 04 Jul 2019 14:44:00 +0200

Not worth it: AMD Ryzen 7 3750H is only 4 to 8 percent faster than the Ryzen 5 3550H

While raw performance is comparable to a Core i5-8300H as designed, the Ryzen 7 3750H offers almost no tangible benefits over the Ryzen 5 3550H. The performance differences are so incredibly minor between the two SKUs that AMD co...

Allen Ngo, Mon, 01 Jul 2019 23:13:00 +0200

The Ryzen 9 3900X and 3950X look set to redefine multi-core performance for desktop processors. (Image source: AMD)

The Ryzen 9 3900X eats Intel and Threadripper processors for breakfast, lunch and dinner in multi-core benchmarks

The upcoming 12 core and 24 thread Ryzen 9 3900X has posted seriously impressive Geekbench 4.3 and SiSoftware multi-core scores, leaving the Core i9-9900K and even the Threadripper 2950X in its wake. The benchmark results confirm ...

Alex Alderson, Sat, 29 Jun 2019 12:59:00 +0200

The Sony PlayStation 5 looks to be a monster of a console. (Source: ScoopWhoop)

First PlayStation 5 benchmark leak shows it's 4x more powerful than the PS4, and on par or better than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Famed leakster TUM_APISAK has revealed what could be the first benchmark leak of the PlayStation 5's AMD 'Gonzalo' APU. The scores appear to indicate a 3DMark Fire Strike run and we see that the PS5 scores 4x higher than the PS4 a...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, Thu, 27 Jun 2019 18:06:00 +0200

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