Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 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

14832 points

87% significantly better overall score

7924 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14976 points

58% significantly better gaming score

9428 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14778 points

98% significantly better multitasking score

7435 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14762 points

102% significantly better heavy workload score

7295 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

406.07 points

289% significantly higher Blender score

104.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

3.80 GHz

58% 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

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

36 MiB

350% significantly more L2 cache

8 MiB

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

25th of 1,089

150th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-6400

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core Ultra 7 255HX vs Ryzen 7 260 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 255HX performs better than the Ryzen 7 260. 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 Ultra 7 255HX 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 260 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 255HX. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 260. The Core Ultra 7 255HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.