2025 CPU Wars: Intel vs AMD vs Apple M‑Series – The Ultimate Processor Showdown
AMD’s Ryzen 9 9800X3D, launching in early 2025, reportedly outperforms Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285K by about 35% in gaming. Intel’s Arrow Lake flagship features 24 cores and an on-chip NPU AI accelerator. Apple’s M3 iMac draws 30 W in use, while AMD’s Threadripper Pro 9995WX offers 96 cores for $11,699. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite targets sub-35 W laptops with 12 ARM cores.