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.

You'll want to make sure you have a good cooler to keep noise levels and temperatures down, but if you're willing to take the time to learn, an overclock can be a great way to extend the life of your ...

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 ...

Ahead of last Friday's launch of the new Retina MacBook, we saw several early benchmarks for the entry-level notebook running a 1.1 GHz Intel Core M processor, putting CPU performance for the new ...