AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 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

8640 points
0.59% slightly better overall score
8589 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12252 points
23% slightly better gaming score
9943 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7496 points
8144 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7243 points
7999 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.29 points
123% significantly higher Blender score
104.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.80 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
5.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
8 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

124th of 1,102
126th of 1,102

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 5 9600X vs Ryzen 7 260 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 9600X is faster than the Ryzen 7 260. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 260 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 260 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 260 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 9600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 260. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 260 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 9600X thanks to a significantly 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 slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X 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 Ryzen 5 9600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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