AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 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

8422 points

6% slightly better overall score

7924 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8440 points

9428 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8406 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

7435 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8392 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

7295 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

276.80 points

165% significantly higher Blender score

104.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz

Identical

3.80 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

5.1 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

45 W

133% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

64 MiB

300% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

130th of 1,089

150th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 9 3900X vs Ryzen 7 260 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3900X is faster than the Ryzen 7 260. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 260 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 3900X has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 260 has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 260. Both the Ryzen 9 3900X and Ryzen 7 260 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 260 outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 3900X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 260 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 3900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900X 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 9 3900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.