Posts Tagged Under: R5 9600X

Arrow Lake’s Parting Shot: Better Late Than Never, Intel

Ultra 5 260K Plus, Ultra 7 270K Plus

In the beginning, the article was without sources, and void. But the sun rose upon the sleeping Intel fans, and hope stirred once more within their souls. The editor’s mouse shifted, links were copied and pasted, as shown below:

Indeed, after years and years of disappointment and ridicule, including the horrible Arrow Lake launch, Intel is getting back to form with the Arrow Lake Refresh. This refresh is made from 2 CPUs:

  1. Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus  (6P / 12E for $200)
  2. Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus  (8P / 16E for $300)

And how do they fare?

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AMD Conquers the High-end CPU Tiers

AMD Ryzen 9000 CPU lineup

It has been a while, but here we are with AMD’s Ryzen 9000 series launched and ready for purchase!

AMD’s new CPU series starts with a serious set of excellent high-end CPUs. We are not going to analyze all of them individually in this post, but as a quick summary:

    • Ryzen 5 9600X: 6 cores and 12 threads for $250.
    • Ryzen 7 9700X: 8 cores and 16 threads for $320.
    • Ryzen 7 9800X3D: Also 8 cores and 16 threads, but with extra cache for $480.
    • Ryzen 9 9900X: 12 cores and 24 threads for $380.
    • Ryzen 9 9950X: 16 cores (!) and 32 threads (!!) for $550.

So, how do these new CPUs measure up? Do they belong in our chart?

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