Intel Core Ultra 9 285H vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 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

7707 points
7924 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10126 points
7% slightly better gaming score
9428 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6950 points
7435 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6726 points
7295 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

234.24 points
124% 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

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.80 GHz
31% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
5.1 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB
250% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

158th 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
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-8400
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core Ultra 9 285H vs Ryzen 7 260 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 260 beats the Core Ultra 9 285H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 9 285H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 285H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 260. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285H has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 260. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 285H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 285H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 260. The Core Ultra 9 285H 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 9 285H has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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