AMD Ryzen 7 260 vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 260, vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 260 and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
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 7 3700X
1345
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
16387
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
12195
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
106
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
74
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
930
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
693
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
2658
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
22486
Integer Mathn/a66.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a39 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a100 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a32.2 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a18.9 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a296.5 MB/s
Physicsn/a1182 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a192 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
2521
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
1640
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
11816
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
8393
File Compressionn/a673.4 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a77.6 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a162.9 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a242 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a151.6 pages/s
Background Blurn/a38.1 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a54.1 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a18.8 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 260
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
181.78

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 218.8 PPW 129.1 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 345.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 17.2 PPW 10.7 PPW
Blender / W n/a 2.8 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 7, 2025 July, 7, 2019
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) n/a
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 8
Threads 16 16
Frequency 3.8 GHz 3.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz 4.4 GHz
General
Cores count88
Threads count1616
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier38x36x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total32 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count 25 billion 3.8 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 35-54 W 65 W
Socket FP8 AM4
Critical temp. 100 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
DDR4-3200
Max Size 256 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 47.68 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 16

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 7 3700X the clear winner in this comparison.

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