Intel Core i7-14700T vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 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

7595 points
7924 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10203 points
8% slightly better gaming score
9428 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6863 points
7435 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6739 points
7295 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

215.05 points
106% significantly higher Blender score
104.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20
150% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
75% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.3 GHz
3.80 GHz
192% 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

28 MiB
250% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

33 MiB
106% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

162nd of 1,089
150th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)
Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
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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

Yes
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Core i7-14700T vs Ryzen 7 260 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700T 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 i7-14700T has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 260 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 i7-14700T. Despite this, the Core i7-14700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-14700T has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 260. The Core i7-14700T 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 i7-14700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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