Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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

6240 points

8731 points

39% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9732 points

10154 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5189 points

8262 points

59% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4983 points

8111 points

62% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

126.58 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

104.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

3.80 GHz

72% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

5.1 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

14 MiB

75% significantly more L2 cache

8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

253rd of 1,124

124th of 1,124

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-8533

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Core Ultra 7 258V vs Ryzen 7 260 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 260 beats the Core Ultra 7 258V in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 258V in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 7 260 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 260 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Also, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 258V has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 260. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 260 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 258V.

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 258V has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.