Intel Core i9-10900 vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 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

7582 points
7924 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8692 points
9428 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7207 points
7435 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7099 points
7295 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.66 points
58% 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

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
3.80 GHz
35% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
8 MiB
220% 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

163rd of 1,089
150th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-10900 vs Ryzen 7 260 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900 beats the Ryzen 7 260 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 260 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 260. Indeed, the Core i9-10900 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 260. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 260. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900. Despite this, the Core i9-10900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 260 outputs less heat than Core i9-10900 thanks to a significantly 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 Ryzen 7 260 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900. Despite this, the Core i9-10900 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 260.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-10900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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