At CES 2026, the big maker of mobile chips teased details—and some benchmarks—for its new mainstream Snapdragon processor family for laptops, the Snapdragon X2 Plus. Here's how it shapes up versus a field of machines we tested in our own labs.

AMD unveiled Ryzen AI 400 and Embedded processors at CES 2026, touting up to 60 TOPS NPUs and new chips for laptops, desktops, and edge devices.

AMD’s CES announcements include a tease about next-gen graphics cards, a new flagship desktop CPU, and a modest refresh of its processors for handheld gaming PCs. But the company’s largest announcement, by volume, is about laptop processors. Today the ...

Laptops are popular for a variety of reasons, including their convenience and portability. However, that convenience comes at a price. If you want to upgrade an individual component of your laptop, such as the CPU, you'll typically face an uphill battle ...

Acer just revealed the Predator Helios Neo 16S AI laptop at CES 2026. It comes with up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 386H processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 GPU.

The winner of the PC Gamer Hardware Award for the best gaming CPU will be announced on New Year's Eve. It's obvious that AMD will win again this year, but as to which one gets all the glory, you'll just have to wait and see. Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.

If your laptop fans start sounding like jet engines anytime you open more than three browser tabs and everything slows to a crawl, you're likely facing the consequences of CPU throttling. It's not a nice feeling, because not only does your laptop become ...

A good laptop for both gaming and schoolwork strikes a balance that goes beyond raw power. It should handle essays and research during the day, then jump into your favorite games when you are ready to take a break.