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pick one.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  By 2026 this platform is at end of life, so boards are cheap but not worth heavy investment. Update BIOS to a version with the voltage microcode fix before installing — a required step for 14th-gen builds.\u003C\u002Fp>",273,{"slug":196,"type":196,"question":224,"answer":225,"page":42,"heat":226},"How should the core and thread counts of Core i9 14900K be understood, and do more cores help in games?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  24 cores, 32 threads (8P + 16E), 3.2GHz base \u002F 6.0GHz boost, 36MB L3, LGA1700, launched Q4 2023.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Very strong multi-threaded productivity; gaming is fine but the 7800X3D or 9800X3D post higher frames at similar money. This generation had stability issues, so update BIOS\u002Fmicrocode whether new or used — boxed units carry an extended warranty.\u003C\u002Fp>",249,{"slug":179,"type":179,"question":228,"answer":229,"page":42,"heat":230},"How does Core i9 14900K handle gaming, and how large is the gap versus cheaper models?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The 14900K games fine but loses the head-to-head with the 9800X3D: behind at 1080p high refresh, close at 1440p, and at 4K it's all GPU.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Its value lives in productivity, where 32 threads genuinely win on compiling, rendering, and transcoding. Buy it for work; treat gaming as the bonus round.\u003C\u002Fp>",231,{"slug":232,"type":232,"question":233,"answer":234,"page":42,"heat":235},"cooling","What cooler does Core i9 14900K need, and how do gaming and sustained all-core loads differ?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  A dual-tower air cooler or 280mm AIO covers gaming with the default power limits intact. Games stress the cooler lightly; sustained all-core loads are the real test.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  For long all-core work, go 360mm and set power limits to what the cooler can sustain. After building, run ten minutes all-core and check clocks and temps; this chip earns the verification.\u003C\u002Fp>",225,{"slug":185,"type":185,"question":237,"answer":238,"page":42,"heat":239},"No discrete GPU, just the 14900K's 24 cores — how far can local AI go?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Local AI runs on the 14900K even without a discrete GPU. Twenty-four cores and 32 threads with VNNI drive INT8-quantized small models through llama.cpp-style CPU inference, and a 7B-class quantized model fits in dual-channel DDR5 up to 192GB. The pinch stays bandwidth — two channels cap tokens per second, so interaction works while batch throughput does not. The iGPU only handles display and video decode; it contributes no AI compute.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Treat it as a transition machine while the GPU is still on the way or the budget is spoken for: get RAG, embedding and small-model Q&A running on CPU first, then add the card for heavy generation. Where it genuinely shines is development, debugging and data prep; park it in front of multi-user serving and dual-channel bandwidth waves for help. A desktop i9 is for one-machine tinkering — multi-stream hosting belongs to machines with more memory channels.\u003C\u002Fp>",205,{"page":115,"isCompared":176,"list":241},[242,246,250,254,258],{"slug":196,"type":196,"question":243,"answer":244,"page":115,"heat":245},"How should the core and thread counts of Ryzen 9 9950X be understood, and do more cores help in games?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  16 cores, 32 threads, 4.3GHz base \u002F 5.7GHz boost, 170W, 64MB L3, AM5, launched August 2024.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Rendering, compiling, and VMs are its home turf; gaming is strong too but without 3D V-Cache it trails the 9800X3D at high refresh. Work-first builds should pick it; pure gamers are better served by the 9800X3D.\u003C\u002Fp>",209,{"slug":219,"type":219,"question":247,"answer":248,"page":115,"heat":249},"What motherboard suits Ryzen 9 9950X, and how should power delivery, memory, and ports be balanced?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  A B650\u002FB650E or B850 feeds it fine; pick a model with complete VRM heatsinking if you run all-core loads for hours. Gaming builds don't need flagship boards; sustained productivity does justify the extra spend.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Choose a 6000-class kit — productivity apps are sensitive to memory bandwidth — and size M.2 storage around your actual workflow, not a spec sheet.\u003C\u002Fp>",197,{"slug":232,"type":232,"question":251,"answer":252,"page":115,"heat":253},"What cooler does Ryzen 9 9950X need, and how do gaming and sustained all-core loads differ?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Gaming is covered by a dual-tower air cooler or 280mm AIO; sustained all-core rendering or transcoding prefers a 280\u002F360mm AIO. Sixteen all-core threads have real cooling needs.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Run ten minutes all-core after building and watch clocks: persistent drops mean a bigger cooler or a tighter power limit.\u003C\u002Fp>",194,{"slug":179,"type":179,"question":255,"answer":256,"page":115,"heat":257},"How does Ryzen 9 9950X handle gaming, and how large is the gap versus cheaper models?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The Ryzen 9 9950X is 16 cores and 32 threads on Zen 5, AM5 platform, 4.3GHz base and 5.7GHz boost, 64MB L3 (no 3D V-Cache), 170W TDP, launched August 2024. Gaming lands around the 9700X's level — frames don't jump from 16 cores, since games eat per-core speed and cache, and 64MB sits clearly below the X3D's 128MB.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  At 1080p high refresh it's a bit ahead of the 9700X but a tier below the 9800X3D; at 1440p\u002F4K it's all GPU. You buy it for productivity with gaming as a bonus — pair the GPU by resolution, and don't stretch the card budget just because the CPU is flagship.\u003C\u002Fp>",177,{"slug":185,"type":185,"question":259,"answer":260,"page":115,"heat":261},"Does a 256GB memory ceiling give the Ryzen 9 9950X a hard reason to be picked over smaller Ryzen 9s for AI?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  For big-model players it holds up. The 256GB ceiling lets a 30B-class quantized model live wholly in RAM and grind through answers, with AVX-512 and 16 cores\u002F32 threads keeping the pure-CPU math in order. Dual-channel bandwidth did not widen this generation, so the 9-series does not stream tokens faster — the pipe still rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  What you pay for is headroom, not velocity. Someone who wants a large resident model with patient dialogue gets their money's worth; if 7B is your horizon, a cheaper 16-core part shares this character and the 256GB allowance sits empty. To actually cash it in, fill the slots — the selling point pays out only in that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>",148,[263,268,273,278,283,288,292,296,300,304,309,314,319,324,328,332,338,342,345,350],{"slug":179,"type":179,"question":264,"answer":265,"page":266,"heat":267},"How should a GPU be paired with Core Ultra 5 325 for 1080p, 1440p, and 4K gaming?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  8C\u002F8T is plenty for gaming — the GPU is almost always the bottleneck. For 1080p high-refresh, an RTX 5060\u002F5070-class card; for 1440p, 5070 Ti or RX 9070 XT-class; at 4K, throw everything at the GPU and its VRAM.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Bottom line: tilt the budget toward the GPU; this CPU won't be your weak link.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-ultra-5-325",429,{"slug":196,"type":196,"question":269,"answer":270,"page":271,"heat":272},"How many cores and threads does Core Ultra 7 356H have, and is it suitable for gaming and video editing in a laptop?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Core Ultra 7 356H has 16 cores and 16 threads, and the H suffix identifies a higher-performance mobile platform. High-refresh 1080p gaming depends on per-core behavior and discrete-GPU TGP, while 1440p and 4K usually depend on the GPU; compiling, encoding, editing, and CPU rendering can use 16 threads, but sustained performance requires checking CPU package power, performance mode, and shared cooling.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  A 10- to 15-minute power and clock log from the exact laptop is more informative for long workloads than peak boost.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-ultra-7-356h",383,{"slug":179,"type":179,"question":274,"answer":275,"page":276,"heat":277},"Is a laptop with Core Ultra 5 225U good enough for gaming, and does the CPU or GPU matter more?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The 225U has only 2 P-cores: single-core handles online titles but can't support AAA; the iGPU is weak, with LoL and CS2 barely smooth at 1080p low.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  It targets long-battery office use; gaming isn't its focus. For gaming-first needs, an H-series dGPU laptop fits better.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-ultra-5-225u",373,{"slug":196,"type":196,"question":279,"answer":280,"page":281,"heat":282},"How many cores and threads does Core Ultra 7 255H have, and is it suitable for gaming and video editing in a laptop?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  16 cores and 16 threads — note that Arrow Lake mobile also dropped Hyper-Threading. That's enough for gaming, development, and moderate editing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Large builds and long video exports can use every thread, but whether the laptop sustains it depends on the system power limit, GPU TGP, and cooling. The model name alone tells you little.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-ultra-7-255h",371,{"slug":179,"type":179,"question":284,"answer":285,"page":286,"heat":287},"Is a laptop with Core Ultra 5 225H good enough for gaming, and does the CPU or GPU matter more?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The Core Ultra 5 225H is a 14-core\u002F14-thread H-series chip; with a mainstream dGPU it's fully adequate for gaming, and whether frames hold depends on two things: the dGPU model plus actual TGP (incl. Dynamic Boost), and the machine's sustained CPU package power.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  High-refresh 1080p or esports is sensitive to CPU frame time; 1440p\u002F4K is mostly set by the GPU. To find the bottleneck, plug in, switch to performance mode, and log 15 minutes of gaming with HWiNFO: GPU usage near 95% with power close to TGP means the GPU is the limit; if GPU usage stays under ~90% while a CPU thread is saturated, check the CPU power limits, cooling, and power mode.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-ultra-5-225h",369,{"slug":196,"type":196,"question":289,"answer":290,"page":286,"heat":291},"How many cores and threads does Core Ultra 5 225H have, and is it suitable for gaming and video editing in a laptop?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  14 cores, 14 threads (4P + 8E + 2LP), P-core 1.7GHz base \u002F 4.9GHz boost, 18MB L3, Arrow Lake, launched Q1 2025.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The 225H shares the 235H's architecture at a lower base clock — daily feel is nearly identical. Fourteen threads cover gaming, development, and editing; sustained heavy loads sit behind the laptop's power wall. At this tier, pick on price and chassis cooling.\u003C\u002Fp>",367,{"slug":179,"type":179,"question":293,"answer":294,"page":295,"heat":291},"Is a laptop with Core Ultra 7 255HX good enough for gaming, and does the CPU or GPU matter more?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The Core Ultra 7 255HX is a 24-core\u002F24-thread HX processor. Gaming performance is about the GPU and chassis; the 255HX isn't the bottleneck: compare two machines — one with a full-power 4060 plus MUX, another with a 4070 capped at 80W and no MUX — the first can easily feel better in games.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  So when shopping a 255HX gaming laptop: confirm GPU TGP, MUX, and performance-mode power, then compare prices. Don't sweat the CPU model.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-ultra-7-255hx",{"slug":179,"type":179,"question":297,"answer":298,"page":281,"heat":299},"Is a laptop with Core Ultra 7 255H good enough for gaming, and does the CPU or GPU matter more?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  On a 255H gaming laptop, check GPU TGP and sustained CPU power before you look at the 16-core spec. 1080p high-refresh leans on CPU and memory; 1440p\u002F4K starts with the GPU.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Verify the published TGP, real CPU\u002FGPU power after 15 minutes in both balanced and performance modes, and whether dGPU-only mode exists. A TGP gap between same-named GPUs changes gaming results far more than the CPU model.\u003C\u002Fp>",364,{"slug":196,"type":196,"question":301,"answer":302,"page":295,"heat":303},"How many cores and threads does Core Ultra 7 255HX have, and is it suitable for gaming and video editing in a laptop?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The Core Ultra 7 255HX is 20 cores and 20 threads (8 performance + 12 efficiency, no Hyper-Threading) on Arrow Lake, 2.4GHz base and 5.2GHz max turbo, 30MB L3. It and the 265HX are two clock bins of the same die — specs are nearly identical, the 265HX just boosts 0.1GHz higher, and real-world gaps in gaming, editing, and compiling stay under 3%.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  So the two model numbers shouldn't drive your decision; in the same chassis they're practically indistinguishable. What sets the actual ceiling of an HX laptop is the cooling and sustained power design — the same 20-core\u002F20-thread chip at 60W vs 150W is two different computers.\u003C\u002Fp>",361,{"slug":196,"type":196,"question":305,"answer":306,"page":307,"heat":308},"How many cores and threads does Core i7 14650HX have, and is it suitable for gaming and video editing in a laptop?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  16 cores, 24 threads on an HX mobile chip — a common gaming-laptop config. With this spec, “enough” is about whether the machine keeps feeding it, not just the numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Office work and multitasking are fine by the spec; encoding and rendering depend on the exact laptop. On 14th-gen HX, update the BIOS microcode. The same chip is far stronger in a thick gaming laptop than a thin one.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-i7-14650hx",356,{"slug":232,"type":232,"question":310,"answer":311,"page":312,"heat":313},"What cooler does Core Ultra 7 270K Plus need, and how do gaming and sustained all-core loads differ?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  For gaming, the 270K Plus fits a high-end dual-tower air cooler or 240\u002F280mm AIO. With power limits removed, sustained all-core compiling, encoding, or rendering above ~180W calls for a top dual tower or 360mm AIO.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Log package power, clocks, and VRM behavior for 15-20 minutes; if clocks drop noticeably, lower power or upgrade cooling. Confirm the LGA1851 mount and case exhaust.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-ultra-7-270k-plus",353,{"slug":179,"type":179,"question":315,"answer":316,"page":317,"heat":318},"How does Core i5 14400F handle gaming, and how large is the gap versus cheaper models?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The 14400F pairs nicely with a mid-range GPU: 1080p high-refresh exposes CPU single-core, memory, and engine limits, while 1440p\u002F4K is basically the GPU's call.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  When comparing cheaper chips, fix the GPU, memory, driver, and power settings, then look at 1% lows in the same scene. If you game while streaming, recording, or compiling, watch whether the CPU stays fully loaded — extra threads hit the power and cooling ceiling sooner than gaming alone.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-i5-14400f",334,{"slug":320,"type":320,"question":321,"answer":322,"page":307,"heat":323},"power","How much can Core i7 14650HX's performance change between power modes, and when should performance mode be used?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  For short tasks, performance mode doesn't buy much — it's for sustained full-load work. The 14650HX's rated power isn't its actual consumption.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Decide the mode by task length, noise, and cooling headroom. For short jobs, balanced mode is enough and much quieter.\u003C\u002Fp>",333,{"slug":219,"type":219,"question":325,"answer":326,"page":312,"heat":327},"What motherboard suits Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, and how should power delivery, memory, and ports be balanced?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The 270K Plus runs LGA1851, 800-series chipsets, and DDR5. Overclocking calls for Z890; stock operation suits a well-powered B860; H810 can't handle a high-power 24-core sustained load.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Verify BIOS and CPU support, then weigh GPU, M.2, USB, networking, and VRM cooling. For long compiling or rendering, spend on power delivery and cooling rather than decorative I\u002FO.\u003C\u002Fp>",332,{"slug":320,"type":320,"question":329,"answer":330,"page":295,"heat":331},"How much can Core Ultra 7 255HX's performance change between power modes, and when should performance mode be used?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Testing 255HX power modes is the same routine: 10 minutes of all-core load in performance mode, watching Package Power and the GPU power split. This HX generation has solid power policies, but chassis cooling is still the ceiling. Plugged in for gaming or rendering? Performance mode, and accept the fan noise. Unplugged office work? Balanced mode—battery life matters more.\u003C\u002Fp>",328,{"slug":333,"type":334,"question":335,"answer":336,"page":295,"heat":337},"battery","general","How long can a laptop with Core Ultra 7 255HX last for office work and gaming away from the charger?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The 255HX platform manages ~5 hours of light office work; gaming needs the charger. Off AC, the saving trio is hybrid graphics, 60Hz, and balanced mode. Background apps and screen brightness affect runtime more than the CPU model — align those before comparing two machines. For long runtime, buy a thin-and-light, not an HX.\u003C\u002Fp>",327,{"slug":333,"type":334,"question":339,"answer":340,"page":307,"heat":341},"How long can a laptop with Core i7 14650HX last for office work and gaming away from the charger?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Runtime is a system metric: capacity, display, and light-load draw decide office battery life, while dGPU power and the charger decide gaming. The 14650HX alone cannot predict hours. Unplugged gaming on an HX machine is basically unrealistic; for office runtime, focus on battery Wh and hybrid-graphics settings.\u003C\u002Fp>",318,{"slug":179,"type":179,"question":343,"answer":344,"page":312,"heat":170},"How does Core Ultra 7 270K Plus handle gaming, and how large is the gap versus cheaper models?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The Core Ultra 7 270K Plus is a 24-core, 24-thread desktop part (Arrow Lake, no Hyper-Threading). 1080p high refresh checks CPU single-core speed, memory, and the engine; 1440p balances CPU and GPU; 4K is usually GPU-led. The 24 cores shine when compiling, streaming, or rendering at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  When comparing cheaper chips, fix the GPU, memory, driver, and BIOS power settings, then compare frame times in the same scene. Core count can't replace testing — don't claim FPS from it. As a gaming pick its value is mediocre; productivity is where it belongs.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"slug":196,"type":196,"question":346,"answer":347,"page":348,"heat":349},"How many cores and threads does Core i5 14600KF have, and is it suitable for gaming and productivity?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  The 14600KF has 14 cores and 20 threads (6P + 8E) with no iGPU, the sweet-spot i5 of 2023.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  Handles gaming and light productivity, and 20 threads cover rendering and compiling. KF has no integrated graphics, so a discrete GPU is required, for a small saving over the 14600K.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u002Fcpu\u002Fintel\u002Fcore-i5-14600kf",307,{"slug":196,"type":196,"question":351,"answer":352,"page":317,"heat":353},"How should the core and thread counts of Core i5 14400F be understood, and do more cores help in games?","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  10 cores and 16 threads (6 P-cores + 4 E-cores), and the F suffix means no integrated graphics — you need a discrete GPU to get a picture.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;line-height:1.5;\">  That's plenty for mainstream gaming and everyday development. Compiling, encoding, and rendering can use the extra threads, but sustained all-core performance is capped by power limits and cooling. And on 13th\u002F14th gen, update the BIOS microcode — Intel fixed a stability issue that affected these.\u003C\u002Fp>",305,[355,359,363,369,373,377,381,385,389,392,395,398,402,406,408,412,416,418,421,424],{"slug_a":356,"slug_b":357,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":358},"core-i7-13645hx","core-i7-13700hx",126,{"slug_a":360,"slug_b":361,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":362},"ryzen-threadripper-pro-3955wx","xeon-platinum-9282",81,{"slug_a":364,"slug_b":365,"name_a":366,"name_b":367,"i_heat":368},"core-i5-12490f","core-i5-13600kf","Intel® Core™ i5-12490F Processor","Intel® Core™ i5-13600KF Processor",76,{"slug_a":370,"slug_b":371,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":372},"core-ultra-9-275hx","core-ultra-9-290hx-plus",75,{"slug_a":374,"slug_b":375,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":376},"core-i5-1340pe","core-i5-13600h",71,{"slug_a":378,"slug_b":379,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":380},"core-i7-14650hx","core-ultra-7-251hx",68,{"slug_a":382,"slug_b":383,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":384},"core-i5-13600t","core-ultra-5-245hx",65,{"slug_a":386,"slug_b":387,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":388},"core-ultra-7-255h","core-ultra-7-356h",54,{"slug_a":379,"slug_b":390,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":391},"core-ultra-7-255hx",52,{"slug_a":393,"slug_b":394,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":95},"ryzen-9-8945hx","ryzen-9-9955hx",{"slug_a":396,"slug_b":397,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":95},"core-m-5y71","ryzen-ai-5-340",{"slug_a":399,"slug_b":400,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":401},"core-i5-14400f","core-i5-14490f",48,{"slug_a":403,"slug_b":404,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":405},"core-i3-1215ue","core-i3-12300he",47,{"slug_a":390,"slug_b":387,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":407},45,{"slug_a":409,"slug_b":410,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":411},"core-ultra-5-225h","core-ultra-5-235h",44,{"slug_a":413,"slug_b":414,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":415},"core-i5-14600kf","core-ultra-5-250k-plus",43,{"slug_a":417,"slug_b":371,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":415},"core-i9-13900hx",{"slug_a":410,"slug_b":419,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":420},"core-ultra-5-235hx",41,{"slug_a":422,"slug_b":423,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":162},"core-i9-10980xe-extreme-edition","ryzen-9-pro-9965",{"slug_a":425,"slug_b":426,"name_a":9,"name_b":9,"i_heat":162},"core-ultra-7-265k","core-ultra-7-270k-plus"]