AMD Ryzen 9 5900 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?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8883 points

2% slightly better overall score

8670 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9577 points

10061 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8669 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

8212 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8618 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

8063 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Ryzen 9 5900 and the Ryzen 7 260? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

298.75 points

186% 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 GHz

3.80 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

5.1 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

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

118th of 1,105

123rd of 1,105

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 9 5900 vs Ryzen 7 260 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900 is faster than the Ryzen 7 260. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 260 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 260 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 260. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 5900. Also, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 260 outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 5900 thanks to a 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 9 5900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900 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 5900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.