AMD Ryzen 7 260 vs Intel Core i9 14900

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 260, vs Intel Core i9 14900. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 260 and Intel Core i9 14900
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
Intel Core i9 14900
2212
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
16387
Intel Core i9 14900
31070
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
106
Intel Core i9 14900
124
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
930
Intel Core i9 14900
2069
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
n/a
Intel Core i9 14900
4429
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
n/a
Intel Core i9 14900
45843
Integer Mathn/a181.2 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a124.4 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a188 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a62.9 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a34.6 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a570.5 MB/s
Physicsn/a2475 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a317 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
2521
Intel Core i9 14900
2835
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
11816
Intel Core i9 14900
17953
File Compressionn/a1260 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a189.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a389.6 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a486.5 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a292.3 pages/s
Background Blurn/a68.5 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a135.6 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a42.4 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 260
n/a
Intel Core i9 14900
410.58

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 218.8 PPW 276.2 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 705.3 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 17.2 PPW 31.8 PPW
Blender / W n/a 6.32 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 9, 2024
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number n/a i9-14900
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M UHD Graphics 770

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 8
Threads 16 16
Frequency 3.8 GHz 2.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz 5.8 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a16
Threadsn/a16
Frequencyn/a1.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a4.3 GHz
General
Cores count824
Threads count1632
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier38x20x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total36 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 25 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 35-54 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 219 W
Socket FP8 LGA-1700
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
- DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max Size 256 GB 192 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 89.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core i9 14900 the clear winner in this comparison.

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