Every desktop processor the Bottleneck app knows, ranked by how fast it runs games, with the fastest as 100. Choose two to compare them, or open one to see which graphics card suits it.
The figures are for games only, from the reference data the Bottleneck app uses to judge the processor it measures: mostly single-core speed, with a share of multi-core speed up to what an eight-core chip offers, because games lean on a few fast threads. AMD’s X3D chips count a quarter faster for their extra cache, and Intel’s Core Ultra 200S chips 7% slower for their memory latency, as published game tests show. Work that uses every core — video encoding, rendering, compiling — ranks them differently. A processor only shows its figure with a graphics card fast enough to need it: each processor’s page says which cards are, and the GPU comparison chart ranks the cards.
Two PCs with the same processor can perform very differently. Bottleneck checks the usual reasons a PC falls short of its parts, free: memory below its rated speed or in single channel, Resizable BAR and GPU scheduling left off, a monitor held at 60 Hz, heat. Then, while you play, it records which part set the pace in every frame.
The free version has no time limit and needs no account. Pro, $9 once, explains each problem and how to fix it, makes the common fixes in one click, and costs out the upgrade for your own PC. Compare the versions