Intel Core Ultra 7 365 vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 365 against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 260. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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 365
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 365
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 2 versus 4 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2799 vs 2488 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 260
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 2.6 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#184th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2799
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
12763
File compression 1110 MB/sec 1040 MB/sec
Clang compilation 67.5 Klines/sec 104 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 304.1 pages/sec 248.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 315.6 Mpixels/sec 368.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 288 pages/sec 263.9 pages/sec
Background blur 52.1 images/sec 61.8 images/sec
Photo processing 119.6 images/sec 105.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.8 Mpixels/sec 23.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
28032
Integer math 45.8 GOps/sec 96.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 62.5 GOps/sec 59.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 191M Primes/sec 76M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.6M Strings/sec 42.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.1 GBytes/sec 20.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 186.4 MBytes/sec 351 MBytes/sec
Physics 1918 Frames/sec 1213 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.2B Matrices/sec 26.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 242 & 1034 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
206.52

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 31 PPW 16.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 464.7 PPW 236.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 825.7 PPW 519.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.1 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 Ultra 7 365
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 7 260
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-06 -> Ard57Cinebench 2026510 / 3450
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-08 (johndoe)Geekbench 6 CPU2649 / 12830

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 365 and AMD Ryzen 7 260

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 5, 2026 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Panther Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number 365 -
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 260 -
Intel CPU rating (#76th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#58th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 8 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 38x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 2 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-25 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket FCBGA2540 FP8
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (87th and 90th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 512 768
TMUs 32 48
ROPs 16 32
Execution Units 4 12
TGP 25 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
2.6 TFLOPS
4.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-7467
- DDR5-6400
- LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 365 official page AMD Ryzen 7 260 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 20

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