At the moment, Intel's Core i7-14700K and AMD's Ryzen 7 7700 are two of the best gaming CPUs we recommend to most gamers, but we have additional highly rated options that fit a range of budgets.
Packed with 6 performance cores, 6 efficiency cores, and 20 threads, on paper this is essentially a cheaper and more efficient 12th Gen i7. In gaming, benchmarking, and content creation, this CPU ...
AMD's Ryzen 5 7600 is arguably the best-value mainstream processor that the chip maker currently sells, with impressive performance for its appealing price. This chip has six CPU cores with thread ...
For Intel CPUs, that means 12th, or 13th-generation chips. You can determine their generation by the product name. For instance, the Core i7-10700K is an older 10th-generation chip, while the Core ...
Intel has now bundled both of them up into a brand called Intel Processor followed by a model name that often starts with N. In any case, these chips are fine for doing basic tasks one at a time and ...
The result is worth it if you have a high-end CPU, though. Even when running at full load, our Core i7 13700K test chip only hit 76°C, while it’s around 5°C hotter on most coolers we’ve tested.