New benchmark shows CPUs are getting slower for the first time in history — what is going on?

In a surprise first for the ages, PassMark has revealed that the average CPU performance on desktops and laptops in 2025 has declined year-on-year. Despite new Intel Arrow Lake and AMD Fire Range ...
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Average CPU Performance on PCs Stalls After 20 Years of Gains

On Tuesday, the company published a graph tracking the average CPU performance scores submitted over a 20-year period from Windows machines. As expected, the graph shows that aggregate CPU performance ...