There was a time when budget CPUs felt truly special. Getting most of the performance of a high-end CPU at a fraction of the price allowed countless PC builders to get started on their PC journey.

Intel is releasing a mini version of Panther Lake. Wildcat Lake is intended for affordable notebooks with six cores.

Intel’s Wildcat Lake mobile processors are now available, with laptops, mini PCs, and all-in-one desktops powered by these new chips expect to begin rolling out over the coming weeks and months. One ...

During twenty years of running an IT services company, one of the questions I heard most often was: should I buy I used high-end processor or opt for a current-generation budget processor? On paper, ...

Intel's Wildcat Lake chips bring 40 TOPS AI performance to budget laptops on the 18A node, but MacBook Neo benchmarks lead by ...

TL;DR: AMD's Ryzen 5 5500X3D, a new Zen 3 processor, shows strong synthetic performance with Geekbench scores of 1936 (single-core) and 9292 (multi-core), outperforming the Ryzen 5 5500 by up to 13%.

TL;DR: AMD's new Ryzen AI 5 330 processor delivers up to 50 TOPS of AI performance in a budget-friendly, quad-core design with a 4.5 GHz boost clock. Optimized for efficiency and affordable Copilot+ ...

Intel launches its "first hybrid AI-ready" Core Series 3 mobile processors for budget laptop PCs and everyday users.

Intel (INTC +1.07%) recently took the wraps off two new PC CPUs as part of its Arrow Lake Refresh. The original line of Arrow Lake CPUs was a mixed bag, priced too high at launch ...

The cost of buying into the latest AMD Zen 5 ecosystem looks like it's about to drop, as rumors are circulating about a new budget AMD Ryzen gaming CPU launching very soon. The new AMD Ryzen 5 9600 ...

There’s a difference between budget and bare minimum. The Intel Core i3-14100 proves that you don’t need a top-shelf chip to build a fast, capable PC for everyday use. At $119.95, it’s 29% off and ...

Intel is reportedly working on a new budget gaming CPU with eight cores, which is likely to form part of the company's new Arrow Lake lineup. According to this latest leak, the new CPU will come under ...