This new 8-core Snapdragon X Plus is a decent fit for a middle-of-the-road PC, but it seems unlikely to hit $500-and-under laptops anytime soon.

Eight cores and more Dubbed the Core i7-5960X Extreme Edition, the flagship CPU of the first Haswell-E lineup will be Intel’s first desktop, consumer-class 8-core processor. With two more cores ...

When I built my current gaming PC back in 2020, I opted for the 12-core Ryzen 9 5900X because I didn't want high CPU usage to be a problem again, like it was when I had a 4-core Intel Core i7 ...

Intel has launched its first desktop 8-core desktop CPU - the Core i7-5960X. Based on the company's Haswell architecture, which was launched on its LGA1150 platform and in laptops last year, the ...

Despite reports it is killing Hyperthreading in its upcoming desktop processors, Intel has shown off a new chip with an unfeasible number of threads coming off each core. Traditionally, you get ...

The 8-core Zhaoxin KaiXian KX-7000 processor, China’s latest entry into the x86 CPU market, was recently put through its paces by PC Watch, and while it shows promise, early tests indicate that ...

A speed test recently posted on Lloyd Chambers' Mac Performance Guide for Digital Photographers & Performance Addicts site compares an 8-core Mac Pro Nehalem 2.93GHz with a 4-core model running a ...

The Ryzen 7 7700X is arguably the most interesting Zen 4 CPU for PC gaming: it's an 8-core, 16-thread chip using a single CCD, which should mean ...

Can't decide if you need a 6-core Core i9 laptop? Here are main reasons you should and shouldn't buy one.