All Processors Reviewed

Every modern CPU we've tested, ranked by gaming performance. From budget AM4 picks to the latest Zen 5 X3D and Arrow Lake flagships.

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Flagship

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

$699 MSRP

• Cores / Threads16 / 32
• Boost Clock5.7 GHz
• SocketAM5
• TDP170W

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High End

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

$479 MSRP

• Cores / Threads8 / 16
• Boost Clock5.2 GHz
• SocketAM5
• TDP120W

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High End

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

$449 MSRP

• Cores / Threads8 / 16
• Boost Clock5.0 GHz
• SocketAM5
• TDP120W

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

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High End

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

$499 MSRP

• Cores / Threads12 / 24
• Boost Clock5.6 GHz
• SocketAM5
• TDP120W

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Mid Range

AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

$359 MSRP

• Cores / Threads8 / 16
• Boost Clock5.5 GHz
• SocketAM5
• TDP65W

Intel

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

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Flagship

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

$589 MSRP

• Cores / Threads24 / 24
• Boost Clock5.7 GHz
• SocketLGA 1851
• TDP125W

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Mid Range

Intel Core i5-14600K

$319 MSRP

• Cores / Threads14 / 20
• Boost Clock5.3 GHz
• SocketLGA 1700
• TDP125W

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Mid Range

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

$279 MSRP

• Cores / Threads6 / 12
• Boost Clock5.4 GHz
• SocketAM5
• TDP65W

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High End

Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

$394 MSRP

• Cores / Threads20 / 20
• Boost Clock5.5 GHz
• SocketLGA 1851
• TDP125W

AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

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Budget

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

$249 MSRP

• Cores / Threads6 / 12
• Boost Clock5.3 GHz
• SocketAM5
• TDP105W

Intel

Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

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Mid Range

Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

$309 MSRP

• Cores / Threads14 / 14
• Boost Clock5.2 GHz
• SocketLGA 1851
• TDP125W

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Budget

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

$159 MSRP

• Cores / Threads6 / 12
• Boost Clock4.6 GHz
• SocketAM4
• TDP65W