AMD Ryzen 7 260 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235T

Compare AMD Ryzen 200 Series 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 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

8670 points
8919 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10061 points
12454 points
23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8212 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
7821 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8063 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
7571 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
14% slightly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
72% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
26 MiB
224% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

123rd of 1,105
115th of 1,105

Family

The product line

Ryzen 200 Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 260 vs Core Ultra 5 235T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 235T 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 235T has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 260 that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 260 has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 235T. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 260 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 235T. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 235T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 260. The Core Ultra 5 235T 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 260 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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