Intel Core i9-10900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare Intel Core X-series 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

7550 points

7924 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8222 points

9428 points

14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7324 points

7435 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7249 points

7295 points

0.63% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

202.00 points

93% significantly higher Blender score

104.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

3.80 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

5.1 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

45 W

266% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

56% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

165th of 1,089

150th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-10900X vs Ryzen 7 260 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900X is faster than the Ryzen 7 260. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 260 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10900X has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 260 has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 260. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-10900X. Also, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 260 outputs less heat than Core i9-10900X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-10900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.