The term "gigahertz," or "GHz," refers to the operating speed of a central processing unit; hertz defines the clock rate, or cycles per second, of the CPU. 1 GHz is equivalent to one billion hertz.

A performance boost can be achieved with just a few clicks — without the need for traditional overclocking. AMD’s Precision Boost Overdrive (PBO) provides a simple way to enhance Ryzen CPU performance ...

On Twitter intel has been showing an Alder Lake processor with a 5.5 GHz boost frequency. Although the chipmaker did not release the precise model of the chip, the numbers correspond to the Core ...

Navya Pramod, a systems engineer in Intel’s overclocking lab in Hillsboro, Oregon, pours liquid nitrogen to cool down a 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900K processor during an overclocking demonstration in ...

Intel has unveiled the complete specifications and availability details of its Intel Core i9-14900KS unlocked processor. Interestingly, the tech giant is reaffirming its position as the world’s ...

AMD's upcoming Strix Halo mobile processor, featuring up to 16 "Zen 5" CPU cores and a powerful integrated GPU with 40 compute units, is beginning to appear in online benchmark databases. The launch ...

Intel teased its next-gen Rocket Lake-S processor family back in early-October, trying to get ahead of AMD's stomping with Zen 3 -- and now we're hearing some early specs on the new Core i9-11900K ...

Silicon Lottery is currently offering pre-binned Intel i9-11900K CPU The pre-binned Intel i9-11900K CPU is available on the said retailer for $879.99 A plethora of other pre-binned processors are also ...

It was just two years ago that a 1 GHz processor in your smartphone was considered a big deal, but by today's standards 1 GHz is pretty slow. Today, ARM announced that it will be ramping up clock ...