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How do L1, L2, and L3 cache affect CPU performance?

When shopping for a new CPU, you're likely to come across many different CPU specifications, such as cores, clock speed, TDP, and manufacturing process. Another important aspect of CPU hardware is ...
SlashGear

What's The Difference Between L1, L2, And L3 CPU Cache?

A CPU relies on various kinds of storage to optimally run programs and power a computer. These include components like hard disks and SSDs for long-term storage, RAM and GPU memory for fast, temporary ...

Dual-cache Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 shows up in benchmark with bigger L3 cache0 0

AMD is working on a mysterious dual-cache Ryzen processor, and early benchmarks give us a glimpse of what its bigger L3 cache ...
PC Gamer

Intel's next-gen CPUs could deliver a 75% increase in L2 cache, which would be big news for gamers

If a Core i9 15900K tips up with eight Performance cores and 32 Efficient cores, we're looking at potentially 56MB of L2 cache. At least. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
PC Magazine

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Review

To understand the design decisions behind the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, you must understand cache and how it works inside of a processor. Cache is an often underappreciated, yet vitally important, piece of any ...
cbswatchmagazine

Suspected AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 With 192 MB 3D V-Cache CPU Benchmarks Unveiled

The tech world is buzzing with excitement over the latest news from AMD. The company's next move in the CPU market seems to ...
Semiconductor Engineering

CPU Performance Bottlenecks Limit Parallel Processing Speedups

Multi-core processors theoretically can run many threads of code in parallel, but some categories of operation currently bog down attempts to raise overall performance by parallelizing computing. Is ...
TweakTown

Intel's answer to X3D cache on AMD CPU: 144MB of bLLC cache on next-gen Nova Lake desktop CPUs

TL;DR: Intel's next-gen Core Ultra 400K "Nova Lake-S" desktop CPUs will feature 144MB of big last-level cache (bLLC) to compete with AMD's Ryzen X3D series, which uses 3D V-Cache technology. AMD plans ...
TechSpot

CPU Cache vs. Cores: AMD Ryzen Edition

In this article, we'll take a look at how L3 cache capacity affects gaming performance. More specifically, we'll be examining AMD's Zen 3-based Ryzen processors in a "for science" type of feature.
HotHardware

AMD EPYC Genoa-X CPU Spec Sheet Breaks Cover With Monstrous Pile Of 3D V-Cache

Leaked specifications of two upcoming AMD EPYC Genoa-X CPUs reveal that these chips will feature over 1GB of L3 cache with the integration of 3D V-Cache technology. Known as 100-000000892-04 and ...
Electronic Design

Hardware Compression Works at the Memory Cache Level

How lossless data compression can reduce memory and power requirements. How ZeroPoint’s compression technology differs from the competition. One can never have enough memory, and one way to get more ...