Phoronix
The most recommended of 3 tech news sites
People recommend Phoronix for detailed hardware and software benchmarks and open source news. Critics say its headlines have grown clickbaity and its quality has slipped recently.
People recommend Phoronix for detailed hardware and software benchmarks and open source news. Critics say its headlines have grown clickbaity and its quality has slipped recently.
23 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 14
- criticize it
- 9
- approval share
- 61%
Recommended in 9 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 14 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 9 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Thorough hardware and software benchmarks
“does some of the best and most comprehensive benchmarking of hardware and software you'll find anywhere on the internet”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Meta is using the Linux scheduler designed for Valve's Steam Deck on its servers” “can also be useful as well for benching open source stuff”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer; pulls story” “its benchmarks generally seem sound”
Comment from 7 Mar 2026 in “Does Apple‘s M5 Max Really “Destroy” a 96-Core Threadripper?” - Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “Nvidia Says Wayland Not Faster Than X11 [video]”
Strong Linux and open source coverage
“They are the #1 review I keep an eye on for linux laptops.”
Comment from 22 Apr 2026 in “Framework Laptop 13 Pro” “good oss news aggregator at the very least”
Comment from 23 Dec 2025 in “Meta is using the Linux scheduler designed for Valve's Steam Deck on its servers” Trusted reference people check regularly
“you can check Phoronix or even the GeekBench details”
Comment from 16 Nov 2025 in “AMD continues to chip away at Intel's x86 market share” “Phoronix has a good take on it”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “Windows 11 surges among PC gamers on Steam as Linux stalls”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Clickbaity, drama-driven headlines
“the site has a tendency to amplify and highlight anything that will produce drama”
Comment from 11 Dec 2025 in “Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental” “the articles are a bit clickbaity sometimes but mostly it's fine”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental” “making headlines out of thin air again”
Comment from 2 Apr 2026 in “Steam on Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% in March” Quality has declined recently
“phoronix has been a joke site for at least a few years”
Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “CERN Transitioning Computers To Debian After Being A Longtime RHEL Institution” “Phoronix quality really took a dive in the last year”
Comment from 26 Mar 2026 in “KDE Plasma 6.6 Delivers an Impressive Edge over Gnome 50 on Ubuntu 26.04” “Shame because Phoronix was kinda good in the past.”
Comment from 20 Jul 2026 in “Firefox Merges Support for Vulkan Video Decoding” - Comment from 21 May 2026 in “Flipper One – we need your help”
Other tech news sites people recommend
The two most recommended other tech news sites, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhoronixThis page | 14 | 9 | 61% | 9 | — | — |
| The Register | 13 | 9 | 59% | 9 | — | — |
| XDA Developers | 7 | 7 | 50% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
21 of the 23 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Phoronix also proved this with numbers”
“Ain't nothing wrong with that, it's useful.”
“phoronix has been a joke site for at least a few years”
“It always gives me a sense of progress and makes me feel humble since so many smart people share their work”
“Shame because Phoronix was kinda good in the past.”
“pretty poor reporting by phoronix here”
“Phoronix is so much worse”
“They are the #1 review I keep an eye on for linux laptops.”
“making headlines out of thin air again”
“Phoronix quality really took a dive in the last year”
“its benchmarks generally seem sound”
“a site with a worse benchmark methodology than Phoronix”
“can also be useful as well for benching open source stuff”
“the last is still going strong”
“Phoronix has a good take on it”
“alongside their primary journalistic content they also produce secondary reporting”
“does some of the best and most comprehensive benchmarking of hardware and software you'll find anywhere on the internet”
“good oss news aggregator at the very least”
“the site has a tendency to amplify and highlight anything that will produce drama”
“the articles are a bit clickbaity sometimes but mostly it's fine”
“you can check Phoronix or even the GeekBench details”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.