Core i7-12650HX vs Ryzen 7 260 comparison
In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12650HX beats the Ryzen 7 260 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 260 in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12650HX has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 260 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 260. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 260 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 260 outputs less heat than Core i7-12650HX thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-12650HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 260. The Core i7-12650HX also has significantly more L3 cache.
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 i7-12650HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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