Intel Core i5-14450HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 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

7353 points
7924 points
7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9822 points
4% slightly better gaming score
9428 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6634 points
7435 points
12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6496 points
7295 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

197.64 points
89% 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

2.4 GHz
3.80 GHz
58% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.1 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
8 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

171st of 1,089
150th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i5 (14th gen)
Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Core i5-14450HX vs Ryzen 7 260 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 260 performs better than the Core i5-14450HX. Despite this, the Core i5-14450HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-14450HX has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 260 has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 260 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-14450HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 260 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-14450HX. Despite this, the Core i5-14450HX 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 i5-14450HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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