The Intel sticker on the front of a laptop generally doesn't offer more than Core i3/i5/i7, and Intel only started adding the chip's generation to the sticker with last year's 7th-gen CPUs.

Fancy, expensive processors are fun, but for most people who just want to build a decent middle-of-the-road PC for gaming (and anything else), the best advice is usually to buy a Core i5 or Ryzen ...

We're primarily comparing the Core i3-12100 and Core i5-12400 to their immediate predecessors: the Core i3-10100, the Core i5-10400, and the Core i5-11400. We also threw in the Ryzen 5 3600 as a ...

Core i5 and Core i7. But which one is best for you and your PC? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When looking at a new ...

So, what is the difference between an Intel Core i3, i5, i7 and i9? What do vendors mean when they talk about generations of chip-sets? What is hyper-threading and how do you tell if your clock ...

Rocket Lake is finally here and today we're checking out the new Core i5-11600K. That's right, for this generation we're skipping a day-one look at the Core i9 and even the Core i7 part ...

Find out more about how we evaluate games and hardware. The Intel Core i5 11400F is one of the best of the latest 11th Gen desktop CPUs, and it's also one of the cheaper six-core, 12-thread ...

Cancel anytime. Processors with similar names could be anything from brand new to 15-plus years old. For example, Core i5 processors from 2008 have the same brand name as Core i5 processors from 2023.