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Intel Core i7 14650HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

60 out of 100
Intel Core i7 14650HX
VS
61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 260
Intel Core i7 14650HX
AMD Ryzen 7 260

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 14650HX with 16-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 260 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 260 and 14650HX
Advantages of Intel Core i7 14650HX
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 14 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 260
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 14650HX
vs
Ryzen 7 260

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 614 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3655 -
Cinebench Scores (150th and 184th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 14650HX +20%
15279
Ryzen 7 260
12763
File compression 1340 MB/sec 1040 MB/sec
Clang compilation 126.3 Klines/sec 104 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 397 pages/sec 248.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 450.8 Mpixels/sec 368.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 263.1 pages/sec 263.9 pages/sec
Background blur 53.3 images/sec 61.8 images/sec
Photo processing 131.9 images/sec 105.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 27.3 Mpixels/sec 23.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 94 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 14650HX +19%
33473
Ryzen 7 260
28032
Integer math 116.5 GOps/sec 96.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 84.9 GOps/sec 59.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 151M Primes/sec 76M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 43M Strings/sec 42.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 22.9 GBytes/sec 20.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 398.2 MBytes/sec 351 MBytes/sec
Physics 2198 Frames/sec 1213 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 24.1B Matrices/sec 26.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2045 & 1034 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 14650HX +33%
274.63
Ryzen 7 260
206.52

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.4 PPW 16.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 277.8 PPW 236.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 608.6 PPW 519.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.99 PPW 3.82 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 14650HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-26 (Parsa)Cinebench 2026608 / 4949
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-03 -> AlteracGeekbench 6 CPU2666 / 15191
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-16 (Nouse)Cinebench 2026614 / 3655
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-09 (RAM)Cinebench 202474 / 1030
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-19 (Jonsson)Cinebench 2024115 / 1213
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AMD Ryzen 7 260
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-06 -> Ard57Cinebench 2026510 / 3450
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-08 (johndoe)Geekbench 6 CPU2649 / 12830
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 14650HX and AMD Ryzen 7 260

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 9, 2024 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number i7-14650HX -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (16EU) Radeon 780M
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX -
Intel CPU rating (#82nd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#58th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 24 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 38x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W -
Socket BGA-1964 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (102nd and 90th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (16EU) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1600 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 256 768
TMUs 16 48
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 32 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 14650HX
0.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 260 +412%
4.1 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 780M compared to UHD Graphics 770

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 14650HX official page AMD Ryzen 7 260 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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