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3DMark tests CPU and GPU performance with modern graphics workloads (techspot.com)

2026-05-04 | get 3DMark Benchmark Software → | tags: 3dmark, ray tracing, cpu

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AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 APU could arrive with 192GB of unified memory — leaked PassMark benchmarks suggest modest update over Strix Halo (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-04 | by Kunal Khullar | get AMD Ryzen AI Max RAM Kit → | tags: amd ryzen ai max+ pro, passmark benchmarks, gorgon halo

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Discovering hard disk physical geometry through microbenchmarking (2019) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-30 | by Leela Kamalesh | get SSD Diagnostic Tool Kit → | tags: hard disk, microbenchmarking, disk geometry

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Show HN: A new benchmark for testing LLMs for deterministic outputs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-29 | get LLM Deterministic Output Benchmark → | tags: structured output benchmark, llms, json pass

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A Decade of AMD Ryzen: 10 Years of CPUs Tested (techspot.com)

2026-04-29 | get AMD Ryzen Processor → | tags: amd ryzen, cpu, benchmarking

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A Decade of AMD Ryzen: 10 Years of CPUs Tested (techspot.com)

2026-04-29 | get AMD Ryzen 7 Processor → | tags: amd ryzen, cpu, benchmarking

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The predictable failure of the QDay Prize (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-26 | by Craig Gidney | tags: quantum cryptanalysis, shor’s algorithm, quantum error correction

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Mowing Down Simulated Elephants Could Help Self-Driving Cars Prepare For the Chaos of Real Life Streets (futurism.com)

2026-04-26 | by Frank Landymore | get Self-Driving Car Simulation Kit → | tags: autonomous vehicles, university of tübingen, simon elon musk

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Lambda Calculus Benchmark for AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | get Lambda Calculus Puzzle Game → | tags: lambda calculus, benchmark, computation

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Linux 7.1 Removes Drivers for Bus Mouse Support (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-24 | get Linux Kernel USB Mouse Adapter → | tags: linux 7.1, bus mouse, phoronix

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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 review: More cache, more cash (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-21 | by Jake Roach | tags: amd ryzen 9 9950x3d2, amd dual-3d v-cache, am5 platform

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Kimi vendor verifier – verify accuracy of inference providers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-20 | get Kimi Vendor Verifier Tool → | tags: kimi vendor verifier, inference providers, open-source models

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Arc Prize Foundation (YC W26) Is Hiring a Platform Engineer for ARC-AGI-4 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | get Arc AGI Development Kit → | tags: arc-prize foundation, arc-agi-4, platform engineer

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Experience vs specs: Our readers have spoken, and benchmarks aren’t everything (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-17 | get Tech News Notebook → | tags: google pixel, apple macbook neo, android authority

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Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on my laptop drew me a better pelican than Claude Opus 4.7 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | by Simon Willison | get Pelican 3D Printer Kit → | tags: qwen3.6-35b-a3b, claude opus 4.7, pelican benchmark

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Why we spent 50+ hours retesting Intel’s Core Ultra 270K Plus and 250K Plus (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-13 | by Jake Roach | get Intel Core Ultra Processor Kit → | tags: intel, core ultra 270k plus, arrow lake refresh

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Exploiting the most prominent AI agent benchmarks (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-11 | get AI Benchmark Test Kit → | tags: ai agent benchmarks, uc berkeley, sweet-bench

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How We Broke Top AI Agent Benchmarks: And What Comes Next (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-11 | get AI Benchmark Testing Kit → | tags: ai benchmarks, uc berkeley, trustworthiness

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Nubia defends the ethics of REDMAGIC 11 Pro benchmark manipulation (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-10 | get RedMagic 11 Pro Gaming Phone → | tags: nubia, redmagic 11 pro, benchmark manipulation

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Geekbench 6.7 adds Intel BOT detection to spoof out 'unrealistic' CPU scores — Benchmark runs with BOT enabled will be marked as invalid (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-09 | by Hassam Nasir | get Geekbench 6.7 Software → | tags: geekbench, intel, binary optimization tool

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That’s not cool: These top gaming phones with liquid cooling just got caught for benchmark cheating (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-08 | get Gaming Phone with Liquid Cooling → | tags: redmagic, 3dmark, benchmark cheating

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AWS Engineer Reports PostgreSQL Perf Halved by Linux 7.0, Fix May Not Be Easy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-05 | get PostgreSQL Performance Tuning Book → | tags: postgresql, linux 7.0, aws

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The Download: gig workers training humanoids, and better AI benchmarks (technologyreview.com)

2026-04-01 | by Thomas Macaulay | get AI Benchmark Test Kit → | tags: humanoid robots, micro1, zeus

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AI benchmarks are broken. Here’s what we need instead. (technologyreview.com)

2026-03-31 | by Angela Aristidou | get AI Benchmarking Toolkit → | tags: ai benchmarks, hospital systems, multidisciplinary teams

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Fake Samsung 990 Pro SSD is good enough to fool your benchmarks (techspot.com)

2026-03-28 | get Fake Samsung 990 Pro SSD → | tags: samsung 990 pro, counterfeit ssd, akiba pc hotline

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A top AI researcher explains the limitations of current models (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-26 | get AI Model Limitations Book → | tags: francois chollet, ai models, ai decoded

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The least surprising chapter of the Manus story is what’s happening right now (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-26 | by Connie Loizos | tags: manus, meta, openai

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ARC-AGI-3 benchmark is out now (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-25 | tags: arc, agi, arc prize

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Exclusive: This new benchmark could expose AI’s biggest weakness (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-25 | get AI Benchmark Testing Kit → | tags: arc-agi-3, chollet, zapier

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Sunsetting the Techempower Framework Benchmarks (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-24 | get TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks Guide → | tags: techempower, framework benchmarks, java