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Frankenstein RTX 5070 Ti with an RTX 2080 Ti PCB breaks world record with extreme modding — card was damaged, salvaged with AMD donor parts and lots of soldered wires and tape (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-03 | by Ben Stockton | get GPU → | tags: benchmark, card, rtx ti

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This game-changing tool gives you another pair of hands - here's how I use it (zdnet.com)

2026-02-03 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Smartphone → | tags: bench, maxsteel, stanley

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This $50 tool essentially gives you another pair of hands to work with (zdnet.com)

2026-02-02 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Wrench → | tags: bench, maxsteel, stanley

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Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 9 290K Plus appears on Geekbench with chart-topping scores — Arrow Lake refresh beats the 285K by ~10% across single- and multithreaded tests (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-02 | by Hassam Nasir | get Core Ultra 9 → | tags: confirmed, core, core ultra

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Browser Agent Benchmark: Comparing LLM models for web automation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-31 | get Language Model → | tags: agent, benchmark, browser

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OTelBench: AI struggles with simple SRE tasks (Opus 4.5 scores only 29%) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-29 | by Przemek Delewski | get Opsense → | tags: benchmark, cost, instrumentation

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Here are the tools I use as Tom’s Hardware resident CPU reviewer — a cheap aluminum open bench, thermal paste wipes, platform-labeled external power buttons, and more (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-29 | by Jake Roach | get CPU → | tags: benches, hardware, power

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Show HN: An extensible pub/sub messaging server for edge applications (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-28 | get Messaging Server → | tags: benchmark, examples, message

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Show HN: TetrisBench – Gemini Flash reaches 66% win rate on Tetris against Opus (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-26 | get Gemini → | tags: ai games, ai vs, benchmark

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Enthusiast strips GPU cooler to run sub-zero water through its heatpipes, drops temps to 13C — Modded, liquid-cooled RTX 2060 maintains 13C in gaming & unlocks higher boost clocks (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-25 | by Hassam Nasir | get GPU Cooler → | tags: degrees, image, stock

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Are AI agents ready for the workplace? A new benchmark raises doubts (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-22 | by Russell Brandom | get Artificial Intelligence Agents → | tags: answer, apex agents, benchmark

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Are AI agents ready for the workplace? A new benchmark raises doubts. (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-22 | by Russell Brandom | get AI Agents → | tags: benchmark, models, right

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Show HN: CLI for working with Apple Core ML models (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-22 | get Core ML → | tags: benchmark, coreml, input

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How Playing Pokémon Became the Ultimate Test of AI’s Intelligence (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-01-22 | get Pokémon Algorithm → | tags: artificial, artificial intelligence, benchmark

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Show HN: Sweep, Open-weights 1.5B model for next-edit autocomplete (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-21 | get Sweep → | tags: benchmarks, edit, example

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New benchmarks show Linux gaming nearly matching Windows on AMD GPUs (techspot.com)

2026-01-21 | get GPU → | tags: amd radeon, benchmark pc, code

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Without benchmarking LLMs, you're likely overpaying (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-20 | get Neural Network Model → | tags: benchmark, cost, llms

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Without benchmarking LLMs, you're likely overpaying 5-10x (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-20 | get Language Model → | tags: benchmark, cost, llms

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Benchmarking a Baseline Fully-in-Place Functional Language Compiler [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-16 | get Compiler → | tags: baseline, baseline fully, benchmarking

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Skipping this exercise at the gym could be bad for your brain (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-14 | get Neurofeedback → | tags: bench, bench squats, bro killer

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FCC kills Verizon's 60-day phone unlocking rule after massive fraud spike (techspot.com)

2026-01-14 | get Smartphone → | tags: benchmark, benchmark regulators, carriers

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The Ryzen 7 5800X3D Revisited, Four Years Later (techspot.com)

2026-01-14 | get Intel Core → | tags: benchmarks, benchmarks comparing, comparing

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The Ryzen 7 5800X3D Revisited, Four Years Later (techspot.com)

2026-01-14 | get Intel Core → | tags: benchmarks, benchmarks comparing, comparing

204.

A 40-line fix eliminated a 400x performance gap (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-13 | get GPU → | tags: getcurrentthreadusertime, getcurrentthreadusertime sample, op threadmxbeanbench

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A 40-Line Fix Eliminated a 400x Performance Gap (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-13 | get GPU → | tags: getcurrentthreadusertime, getcurrentthreadusertime sample, op threadmxbeanbench

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Australian modder solves PC in a freezer conundrum with sheer size, socks filled with silica gel powder — condensation conquered and minimal overclocking gains on display at minus 28C (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-13 | by Zak Killian | get Modular PC → | tags: cold, didn, freezer

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Australian modder solves PC in a freezer conundrum with sheer size, socks filled with silica gel power — condensation conquered and minimal overclocking gains on display at minus 28C (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-13 | by Zak Killian | get Modular PC → | tags: cold, didn, freezer

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Qualcomm claims Snapdragon X2 Plus beats AMD and Intel in new benchmarks (techspot.com)

2026-01-04 | get Snapdragon X2 Plus → | tags: benchmarks drawn, claims, claims core

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AI’s most important benchmark in 2026? Trust (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-02 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: agentbench, agentbench gaia, ai rebuild

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OpenAI's employee compensation dwarfs every major tech IPO of the past 25 years (techspot.com)

2026-01-01 | get Google → | tags: according data, averaging, averaging roughly