AMD Ryzen 7 260 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 260, vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 260 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
1780
AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
1379
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
16387
AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
9810
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
106
AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
80
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
930
AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
684
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
2521
AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
1931
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
11816
AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
8202

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 218.8 PPW 78.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 17.2 PPW 6.5 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 7, 2025 June, 5, 2025
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Frequency 3.8 GHz 3.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz 4 GHz
General
Cores count86
Threads count1612
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier38x30x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total96 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 25 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 35-54 W 105 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 142 W
Socket FP8 AM4
Critical temp. 100 °C 90 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
DDR4-3200
Max Size 256 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20
Tech n/a - Memory: 3D V-Cache
- Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA
- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT, XFR 2
- Virtualization: AMD-V
- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D the clear winner in this comparison.

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