Core i5-12490F vs Ryzen 7 260 specs and performance
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 260 is faster than the Core i5-12490F. Despite this, the Core i5-12490F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 260 has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12490F. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 260 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12490F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12490F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12490F. Also, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 260 outputs less heat than Core i5-12490F thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 260 has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12490F. Despite this, the Core i5-12490F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 260.
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-12490F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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