https://benchmarkextreme.com/ 2026-11-02T23:08:23.043158-08:00 https://benchmarkextreme.com/samsung-990-pro-vs-9100-pro/ 2026-11-02T21:19:21.497373-08:00 2026-11-02T21:19:21.497373-08:00 Owen Bradford

The Samsung 9100 Pro is a PCIe 5.0 drive and the 990 Pro a PCIe 4.0 one. In tests that look like real use the 9100 Pro is 14 to 42 percent faster: 42...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/macbook-pro-m5-pro-vs-m5-max/ 2026-11-02T21:19:21.396611-08:00 2026-11-02T21:19:21.396611-08:00 Kira Sandoval

On one CPU core the M5 Max and the M5 Pro are the same 3,692 against 3,680 in Geekbench 7. The Max's twice-as-big GPU and 50 percent more memory bandwidth...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/macbook-air-m5-vs-macbook-pro-14-m5/ 2026-11-02T21:19:21.298317-08:00 2026-11-02T21:19:21.298317-08:00 Kira Sandoval

The MacBook Pro 14 and the MacBook Air 13 have the same M5 chip, but the Pro has a fan and the Air doesn't. Under a long load the Pro holds its speed: 22...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/macbook-air-13-vs-15-m5/ 2026-11-02T21:19:21.093421-08:00 2026-11-02T21:19:21.093421-08:00 Kira Sandoval

The MacBook Air 15 and the MacBook Air 13 with M5 have the same CPU speed, within 1 percent in Geekbench and Cinebench. The 15-inch's base model has 10 GPU...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/mac-mini-m5-pro-vs-mac-studio-m5-max/ 2026-11-02T21:19:20.924717-08:00 2026-11-02T21:19:20.924717-08:00 Kira Sandoval

The Mac Studio M5 Max generates text with a local model 77 to 86 percent faster than the Mac mini M5 Pro and renders 77 percent faster in Blender. On the...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/mac-studio-m5-max-vs-m5-ultra/ 2026-11-02T21:19:20.796860-08:00 2026-11-02T21:19:20.796860-08:00 Kira Sandoval

The Mac Studio M5 Ultra is about twice the M5 Max: twice the Blender score, 49 to 98 percent faster text generation in llama.cpp, and 1,200GB/s of memory...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/ryzen-5-9600x-vs-7600x/ 2026-11-02T21:19:20.671597-08:00 2026-11-02T21:19:20.671597-08:00 Owen Bradford

The Ryzen 5 9600X is 4 to 6 percent faster than the Ryzen 5 7600X in games on Tom's Hardware's bench, 12 percent faster on one core, and 24 to 29 percent...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/ryzen-7-9700x-vs-9800x3d/ 2026-11-02T21:19:20.377567-08:00 2026-11-02T21:19:20.377567-08:00 Owen Bradford

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is 35 to 43 percent faster than the Ryzen 7 9700X in Cyberpunk 2077, and 10 percent in Counter-Strike 2. In work tests they are closer,...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/ryzen-7-9800x3d-vs-ryzen-9-9950x3d/ 2026-11-02T21:19:20.240418-08:00 2026-11-02T21:19:20.240418-08:00 Owen Bradford

In games the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and the Ryzen 7 9800X3D are the same speed, within 1 percent in Cyberpunk 2077 and Counter-Strike 2. Outside games the...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/ryzen-7-9800x3d-vs-core-ultra-9-285k/ 2026-11-02T21:19:20.055491-08:00 2026-11-02T21:19:20.055491-08:00 Owen Bradford

These two answer different questions. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is 17 to 33 percent faster in games than the Core Ultra 9 285K. The 285K, with 24 cores to the...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/ryzen-7-9800x3d-vs-7800x3d/ 2026-11-02T21:19:19.850353-08:00 2026-11-02T21:19:19.850353-08:00 Owen Bradford

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is 13 to 17 percent faster than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D in Cyberpunk 2077 Gamers Nexus and Tom's Hardware and more than 20 percent faster in...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/rx-9060-xt-8gb-vs-16gb/ 2026-11-02T21:19:19.689112-08:00 2026-11-02T21:19:19.689112-08:00 Dean Harlow

In most games the RX 9060 XT 16GB is at most 8 percent faster than the 8GB card, since they are the same chip at the same clocks. When a game needs more...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/rtx-5060-vs-rx-9060-xt-8gb/ 2026-11-02T21:19:19.501459-08:00 2026-11-02T21:19:19.501459-08:00 Dean Harlow

The RX 9060 XT 8GB is 1 to 9 percent faster than the RTX 5060 in games on Tom's Hardware's testbed. The RTX 5060 wins with ray tracing on 19.2 fps against...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/rtx-5070-vs-rtx-5070-ti/ 2026-11-02T21:19:19.230023-08:00 2026-11-02T21:19:19.230023-08:00 Dean Harlow

The RTX 5070 Ti is 14 to 26 percent faster than the RTX 5070 in games, 29 percent faster with ray tracing, and it has 16GB of memory to the 5070's 12GB. At...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/rtx-5080-vs-rtx-5070-ti/ 2026-11-02T21:19:19.044684-08:00 2026-11-02T21:19:19.044684-08:00 Dean Harlow

The RTX 5080 is 7 to 21 percent faster than the RTX 5070 Ti, and the gap grows with resolution: 14 percent at 1080p and 21 percent at 4K in KitGuru's...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/rtx-5060-ti-16gb-vs-rx-9060-xt-16gb/ 2026-11-02T21:19:18.886163-08:00 2026-11-02T21:19:18.886163-08:00 Dean Harlow

The RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is 5 to 7 percent faster than the RX 9060 XT 16GB in games on Tom's Hardware's testbed, and 25 percent faster with ray tracing on. At...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/rx-9070-vs-rx-9070-xt/ 2026-11-02T21:19:18.766038-08:00 2026-11-02T21:19:18.766038-08:00 Dean Harlow

The RX 9070 XT is 10 to 16 percent faster than the RX 9070 in games, and 16 to 22 percent faster with ray tracing on. Both use the same Navi 48 chip and the...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/rtx-5070-ti-vs-rx-9070-xt/ 2026-11-02T21:19:18.649206-08:00 2026-11-02T21:19:18.649206-08:00 Dean Harlow

In raster games the Radeon RX 9070 XT and the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti are the same speed: on Tom's Hardware's 2026 testbed they are within 1 percent in...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/the-best-cpu-cooler-right-now/ 2026-11-02T15:50:23.691234-08:00 2026-11-02T15:50:23.691234-08:00 Dean Harlow

The best CPU cooler is the one sized to what your processor draws under sustained load, and that number is almost never the TDP printed on the box. For most...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/the-best-gaming-monitor-for-ps5-right-now/ 2026-10-31T23:37:18.777892-07:00 2026-10-31T23:37:18.777892-07:00 Dean Harlow

The best gaming monitor for PS5 is the one whose HDMI port accepts what the console sends, 4K at 120Hz with HDMI Forum VRR. On RTINGS' current ranking that...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/the-best-gaming-monitor-at-best-buy-right-now/ 2026-10-30T23:02:25.303654-07:00 2026-10-30T23:02:25.303654-07:00 Kira Sandoval

For most buyers, the best gaming monitor at Best Buy this autumn is a 27-inch 1440p OLED for about $300. The IPS panels that used to sell at that price have...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/the-best-4k-monitor-for-gaming-right-now/ 2026-10-28T21:37:51.000540-07:00 2026-11-02T23:08:23.043158-08:00 Kira Sandoval

The best 4K gaming monitor for most buyers on November 3, 2026 is the MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED. It has a 31.5-inch panel, runs at 240Hz, is rated at 0.03ms,...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/the-best-2k-monitor-for-gaming-this-week/ 2026-10-26T21:04:59.876020-07:00 2026-10-26T21:04:59.876020-07:00 Owen Bradford

On a gaming monitor box, "2K" means 1440p: a panel 1,440 pixels tall, almost always 2560x1440, which retailers also sell as QHD or WQHD. You will see the...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/the-best-cheapest-gaming-monitor-right-now/ 2026-10-23T18:17:17.430765-07:00 2026-11-02T19:55:17.844579-08:00 Dean Harlow

The best cheap gaming monitor in November 2026 is a 27-inch 1440p IPS panel at about $150, and the KTC H27T22C-3 is the clearest example. The exception is a...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/the-best-graphics-card-for-1440p-right-now-ranked-by-price-per-frame/ 2026-10-22T09:15:22.384495-07:00 2026-10-22T09:15:22.384495-07:00 Dean Harlow

For 1440p gaming, the best value among the cards that reach 60 fps is the Radeon RX 9070 XT. In Tom's Hardware's Cyberpunk 2077 test at 1440p Ultra with no...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/rtx-5070-vs-radeon-rx-9070-same-549-launch-price-which-is-faster/ 2026-10-21T16:10:14.851583-07:00 2026-11-02T22:44:42.085628-08:00 Dean Harlow

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5070 and AMD's Radeon RX 9070 launched a day apart in March 2025 at the same $549, and nineteen months later they still sit at the same...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/rtx-5060-ti-8gb-vs-16gb-is-the-50-dollar-difference-worth-it/ 2026-10-21T10:19:31.210658-07:00 2026-10-21T10:19:31.210658-07:00 Kira Sandoval

The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti comes in 8GB and 16GB versions, $379 and $429 at launch, and they are the same chip. In most games the published numbers say you...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/mac-mini-m6-vs-mac-mini-m4-what-changed-and-is-it-worth-the-extra-300/ 2026-10-20T15:16:46.330800-07:00 2026-10-20T15:16:46.330800-07:00 Owen Bradford

The Mac mini M6 is between 23 percent and four and a half times faster than the M4 model it replaces, depending on what you ask of it, and it lists at $899...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/how-much-memory-does-a-mac-need-for-local-ai/ 2026-10-20T10:13:05.948614-07:00 2026-10-20T10:13:05.948614-07:00 Owen Bradford

A Mac can give its GPU only part of its memory, so the number on the box is not the number a model gets. By the rule macOS uses, a 16GB Mac offers the GPU...

https://benchmarkextreme.com/how-often-you-should-clean-pc-case-dust-filters/ 2026-10-19T17:18:05.907319-07:00 2026-10-19T17:18:05.907319-07:00 Dean Harlow

Inspect the filters every two weeks for the first month after a build, then set your interval from what you see. Most homes end up between one week and four...