Intel execs have made some strong statements about its Nova Lake processors, including that they expect the chips to recover the “leadership” position in the desktop PC market, and based on the leaks we’ve seen, it might just do that. However, Nova Lake isn’t coming any time soon, and before those chips hit, we’re getting a second set of CPUs

CPU benchmarks are in for the latest release of Windows 11, version 25H2, and results stacked up against Ubuntu aren’t looking particularly flattering for Microsoft’s latest and greatest. In Phoronix’s run of 41 creator-focused CPU benchmarks, Windows 11 25H2 not only falls behind two recent versions of Ubuntu Linux, but even occasionally