AMD Ryzen 7 260 vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600

Compare AMD Ryzen 200 Series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 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

7924 points
8451 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9428 points
12073 points
28% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7435 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
7298 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7295 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
7044 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

104.21 points
221.97 points
112% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
0.03% slightly higher clock speed
3.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
5.2 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

150th of 1,089
128th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 200 Series
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Ryzen 7 260 vs Ryzen 5 9600 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 9600 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 9600. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 260 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 9600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 9600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 260 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 9600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 260 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 9600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 260.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 260 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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