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GMKTec shrinks desktop gaming hardware into a 14.6L system

… AMD's Ryzen 9000HX series, codenamed "Fire Range," underpins the claim that this is the fastest laptop-class CPU so far. The workstation clears the PassMark CPU Mark laptop and portable CPU performance benchmark, with 62,616 points. …

Aug 3, 2026 · Efosa Udinmwen

I tested out the Geekom GeekBook X16 Pro — and considering it's running older but still potent Intel hardware, it's a surprisingly good budget business laptop

… Add contributions from the CPU and GPU, and Intel quotes a platform total of 35 TOPS. …

Jul 6, 2026 · Mark Pickavance

Don't be fooled by PCs and laptops coming with single-channel RAM - the performance hit isn't worth it

… To make sure the machine you're potentially considering buying has a dual-channel setup. …

Jun 29, 2026 · Zak Storey

SK Hynix and SanDisk reveal first specs for High Bandwidth Flash — but don't get too excited, you probably won't be able to buy it anytime soon

… It also adopts UCIe, the open chiplet interconnect standard, as the link between an HBF stack and a host processor, enabling the technology to be attached to GPUs and CPUs from different vendors. …

Aug 6, 2026 · Rahim Amir

I tested the Bosgame P4 Ultra and nothing here convinces me that AMD Zen 3 is sufficiently exciting for the current mini PC market

… The CPU and GPU are both outdated, overtaken by new DDR5 designs that offer more performance and greater power efficiency. …

May 26, 2026 · Mark Pickavance

'Resistance is futile': what Computex 2026 just told us about the future of computing — in the 5 most revealing quotes from Qualcomm, Nvidia and Microsoft

… McAfee teased: "I think as we go through the rest of this year, I mean we're always looking for ways to, you know, create as many options as we can, and that Zen 5 X3D CPU may become… maybe something that we look at doing as a runway product later this year, simply because you know we know the pres… …

Jun 6, 2026 · Darren Allan

I tested the Samsung Galaxy Book6 Enterprise Edition: A beautifully engineered business laptop but at this price, I expected better ports than USB 3.2 Gen 2

… The problem with not having more than 32GB of RAM is that it effectively caps how many local LLMs you can realistically run, even if the combined TOPS of the CPU, GPU, and NPU is decent. …

Jun 6, 2026 · Mark Pickavance

I tested the GMKtec NucBox K17 and it's the top AI mini PC I've used for every day work

… Features: 4.5 / 5 GMKtec NucBox K17: Performance Benchmark scores Crystal Disk Mark Read: 7045.28 Crystal Disk Mark Write: 6182.82 Geekbench CPU Multi: 9469 Geekbench CPU Single: 2619 Geekbench GPU: 25645 PC Mark Overall: 6855 Cinebench CPU Multi Threads : N/a Cinebench CPU Single Threads : N/a Fir… …

Jul 1, 2026 · Alastair Jennings

GEEKOM crams a 512GB AI brain into four mini PCs linked by USB4 cables

… Each A9 Mega runs on the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip, which combines 16 Zen 5 CPU cores with Radeon 8060S graphics and unified memory in one compact chassis Local processing over cloud dependence The four-node configuration brings a combined 512GB of RAM to the task, with Ubuntu, ROCm, and DwarfStar… …

Aug 21, 2026 · Efosa Udinmwen

I tested the Beelink EQi Wildcat Lake and the ultra-fast networking makes this mini PC a great office machine

… Features: 4.5 / 5 Beelink EQi Wildcat Lake: Performance Benchmark scores CrystalDiskMark Read: 1977.4 CrystalDiskMark Write: 806.79 Geekbench CPU Multi: 6303 Geekbench CPU Single: 2337 Geekbench GPU: 6182 PCMark Overall: 4733 Cinebench CPU Multi: 4785 R23 Cinebench CPU Single: 1696 R23 Fire Strike … …

Aug 4, 2026 · Alastair Jennings

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