Intel Core 7 240H vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare Intel Core (Series 2) 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 200 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8164 points
3% slightly better overall score
7924 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10592 points
12% slightly better gaming score
9428 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7427 points
7435 points
0.11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7270 points
7295 points
0.34% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

188.37 points
80% significantly higher Blender score
104.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.80 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.1 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9.5 MiB
18% slightly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

141st of 1,089
150th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core (Series 2)
Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core 7 240H vs Ryzen 7 260 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 7 240H is faster than the Ryzen 7 260. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 260 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 7 240H has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 260. Indeed, the Core 7 240H has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 260. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 260 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 240H. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core 7 240H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 260. The Core 7 240H also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core 7 240H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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