Best Gaming Processor 2025 Calendar. Buying the right processor for pc gaming might seem complicated—especially with amd's multiple ryzen families and intel's many cores and lakes. All numbers in the text are updated to reflect pricing at the time of writing.

Both amd and intel offer strong gaming cpus going into 2025, but amd still has a leg up when it comes to gaming. All numbers in the text are updated to reflect pricing at the time of writing.