AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare AMD Ryzen PRO 6000 Series 8 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

7135 points
7924 points
11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9019 points
9428 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6520 points
7435 points
14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6356 points
7295 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

172.91 points
65% significantly higher Blender score
104.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz
3.80 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.1 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
8 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

183rd of 1,089
150th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen PRO 6000 Series
Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H vs Ryzen 7 260 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 260 performs better than the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. Also, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 9 PRO 6950H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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