Intel Core i9-12900T vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 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

9304 points
8% slightly better overall score
8589 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10181 points
2% slightly better gaming score
9943 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9062 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
8144 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9033 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
7999 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

188.94 points
81% significantly higher Blender score
104.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.38 GHz
3.80 GHz
175% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.1 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
28% slightly lower TDP
45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
8 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
87% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

104th of 1,102
126th of 1,102

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i9-12900T vs Ryzen 7 260 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 260 is faster than the Core i9-12900T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900T has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 260. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 260. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 260. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 260 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900T. Also, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900T CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 260 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 260 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 260.

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 i9-12900T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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