For the first time ever, AMD is bringing 3D V-Cache to its Ryzen Pro processors with the expansion of its Ryzen Pro 9000 series to drive what the chip designer says is a new era of workstation-class ...

Intel's Nova Lake CPUs are coming later this year, and after a few generations of only really competing with AMD at the highest power limits, Intel's next generation is looking increasingly ...

Your PC contains a number of caches, a collection of frequently-accessed data files, usually temporary, to help speed up future requests. Basically, it improves ...

For about four years now, AMD has offered special “X3D” variants of its high-end desktop processors with an extra 64MB of L3 cache attached, an addition that disproportionately benefits games. AMD ...

In context: Launched earlier this year, the Ryzen 9900X3D and 9950X3D quickly earned a reputation as two of the best gaming CPUs on the market, praised for their performance and efficiency. Following ...

Building on the strong foundation established by last year’s Snapdragon 8 Elite, Qualcomm is set to launch its successor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, with stronger performance and efficiency. With ...

New details have just leaked about a new next-gen Intel CPU that appears to not only square up to AMD's X3D chips, but punch them in the nose for good measure. According to the latest rumor, Intel is ...

An AMD gaming CPU with even more 3D V-cache than the Ryzen 9950X3D is reportedly in the works. The latest rumor suggests that AMD is working on two new gaming CPUs, one of which has a total of 16 ...

Intel is rumored to be developing a new desktop CPU design with significantly increased L3 cache, potentially aimed at countering AMD’s popular Ryzen X3D processors. According to known leakers ...

It’s easy to look strictly at the type of CPU and GPU you have when evaluating the kind of performance you’re likely to get in PC games. But beyond that lies another important stat, the CPU cache.

Tom Bowen is a senior editor who loves adventure games and RPGs. He's been playing video games for several decades now and writing about them professionally for the best part of a decade. Although he ...

After pioneering the use of 3D V-cache in CPUs — specifically, by stacking L3 cache modules on top of each other — AMD is adding another super-powered desktop CPU to the mix at CES 2025: the Ryzen 9 ...