First time since 2004

For the first time since 2004, global benchmarking data from PassMark has shown a decline in average CPU performance, with laptop processors experiencing a 3.4 per cent drop year-on-year.

If you believe them then AMD should sell up and surrender to Intel and Apple

The latest PassMark update rankings for single-threaded performance, show that Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake-S desktop processors have all taken the Top 10 spots.