On Intel’s side, there’s the excellent quad-core Core i3-12100F for around $80, while AMD’s six-core Ryzen 5 5500 is about $85 and offers comparable performance in games. Intel is probably ...

the Ryzen 5 7600X or some older AM4 models like the Ryzen 9 5900X or Ryzen 7 5800X3D also offer excellent performance at lower prices. To maximize your AMD setup, pair one of the best AMD CPUs ...

The second digit is a performance identifier; the higher, the better. With these two rules, you can tell that the Ryzen 9600 is not only newer than the Ryzen 5500, but also more performant.

AMD is still not done with the now eight-year-old Socket AM4. The company just launched two new CPUs: Ryzen 5 5600XT and ...

Picking the right gaming CPU can be tricky, but if you've made up your mind to give AMD a try ... clock speed of 5.1 GHz. Some benchmarks show it as on par with the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, although ...