What counts in the end: Who offers the best package? And a super-fast processor alone is not enough. The test winner was Intel's Core i7-14700K. The 20-core processor was extremely fast, its graphics chip offered a decent speed and it left nothing to be desired in terms of energy consumption...

Thanks to the additional cache, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D wins the title of fastest gaming CPU by a wide margin over the Core i9-13900KS and Ryzen 9 7950X. Instead of bluntly turning up the power consumption, AMD has chosen a smart way to increase performance with 3D V-Cache. As a result, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D with low TDP works more efficiently than the other high-end CPUs, but has to take a back seat in...

It was predictable that AMD would take back the performance crown from Intel with the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. However, it is still impressive to see in our final test with how much efficiency the new Ryzen CPU achieves this. Achieving a slightly higher gaming performance with only about half the power consumption compared to the Core i9 13900K is a remarkable claim that Intel should have to nibble on for...