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CPUs by task

The same CPU can be great for games and average for video editing. Pick what you need the computer or laptop for — we will show the best fits.

For AI

Only CPUs with a built-in NPU are listed — a separate block for neural networks. It handles background blur in video calls, …

  1. Ryzen AI Max+ 395
  2. Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
  3. Ryzen AI 7 350

For gaming

Games rarely use every core at once: single-core speed and cache size matter more. That is why chips with a large L3 …

  1. Ryzen 9 9950X3D
  2. Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
  3. Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Video editing & 3D

Rendering, video export and scene baking push every core to the limit, so more cores and threads at a decent clock win …

  1. Ryzen 9 9950X
  2. Ryzen 9 9950X3D
  3. Core Ultra 9 285K

For streaming

While streaming, the CPU does two jobs at once: runs the game and encodes video in OBS. You need fast cores for …

  1. Ryzen 9 9950X
  2. Ryzen 9 9950X3D
  3. Core Ultra 9 285K

For programming

Compiling big projects, Docker and virtual machines like many cores, while the IDE, tests and small builds like one fast core. Both …

  1. Ryzen 9 9950X
  2. Ryzen 9 9950X3D
  3. Core Ultra 9 285K

Office & study

For documents, a browser with a dozen tabs and video calls, raw power is not the point. What matters is efficiency: longer …

  1. Core Ultra 7 258V
  2. Core Ultra 5 226V
  3. Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

The score is our own estimate from the specs (cores, threads, clocks, architecture generation), not a benchmark run. 100 = the fastest CPU in our database.