Intel Core i7-13650HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Core i7-13650HX vs Ryzen 7 260 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13650HX 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13650HX has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 260 has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 260. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 260 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13650HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 260 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-13650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13650HX has significantly 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 i7-13650HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.