In 2004, Passark began to analyze how the performance of the processors has evolved based on the results offered by their software as the years have passed, the performance of the processors of both laptops and desktops, has been increasing , even during the coronavirus pandemic. However, we have been in which this evolution has stopped dry and, instead of climbing, has begun to go down, especially in portable teams.
Less powerful cpus are sold
Passmark has published an updated graphic graph of the processors of the equipment available in the market since this registration began in 2004 to February 2025. It is important to point out, in case it has not yet been clear, that we are not talking about the performance they offer The new processors, but of the equipment of the users who use Passmark software to measure their performance.
In desktop equipment, the performance drop is 0.5%. During 2024, 186,053 devices with an average assessment of 26,426 points were analyzed. Until February of this year, the average of the 47,810 teams that have passed this test has reached an average score of 26,311 points.
As we can see in the upper graph, the performance that has fallen most has been that of portable equipment, with an interannual drop of 3.4%. In 2024, a total of 101,316 samples were recorded with an average result of 16,632 points. In what we have been in 2025, after collecting more than 25,541 samples, the average score has dropped to 14,130 points.
CPUS performance does not improve
Passmark has also published a graph where we can see how the performance of the processors has evolved since 2008, when it began to analyze its performance using the results of its application.
As we can see in the following image, since 2023 the curve has practically not moved. This means that the performance of the CPUS that have been launched in recent years has barely meant an improvement of performance compared to previous generations.
The performance jump between 2022 and 2023 on desktop PCs was thanks to the AMD RYZEN THREADRIPPER PRO 7995Wprocessor with up to 96 nuclei and 192 threads. In laptops, it was also thanks to an AMD processor, specifically the Ryzen 9 7945Hx3D.
The new ones Ryzen 9000 Like the Core Ultra 200barely suppose a minimal improvement with respect to the previous generation, a performance very similar to that also offers Qualcomm in its portable equipment.
What is the reason?
The low evolution that processors have had both Intel as of AMD As for performance in recent years, it is one of the main culprits that the performance of desktop and laptops has not evolved.
Passmark states that one of the reasons can be a change in trend by users, opting for models that prioritize the consumption above performance. It also points to which part of the fault can also be Windows 11.
Recall that, when the Ryzen 9000 were launched, the performance offered with Windows 11 was much lower than the one presented in Teams with Linuxa problem that Microsoft and AMD solved.
