Intel Core i5-10500 Benchmark

Intel Core i5-10500 Processor benchmark, specs and release date - 3 GHz 6 core Intel 10th Generation Core i5 LGA 1200 CPU rating. Is the Core i5-10500 good for gaming?

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CPU Benchmark Score

43 %

Very Good score from 4 samples
Medium uncertainty

Performance

Very Good

Ranking

260th of 1,233

Popularity

77th of 1,233

Samples

4 benchmarks

CPU benchmarks

Here are the performance results of this CPU in both the hardwareDB Benchmark and other benchmark utilities. Synthetic tests are an estimation of real-world performance using consistent and repeatable benchmarks.

Overall

Very Good

43 %

Gaming

Very Good

63 %

Multitasking

Good

37 %

Heavy Workloads

Good

36 %

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Alternative benchmarks

Here are some benchmark results using alternative testing software

Geekbench (multi)

Multi threaded benchmark

5,622

Geekbench (single)

Single threaded benchmark

1,165

3DMark Physics

Physics simulation benchmark

7,165

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CPU Comparison

The Intel Core i5-10500 compared against popular alternatives. Compare against more CPUs with our CPU Comparison Tool.

Intel Core i3-12100	52 %
Intel Core i7-8700K	52 %
Intel Core i5-11260H	51 %
Intel Core i5-10505	50 %
AMD Ryzen 5 2600	44 %
Intel Core i5-10500	43 %
Intel Core i5-11400T	31 %

Specifications

Clock Speed	3.1 GHz
Turbo Speed	4.5 GHz
Cores	6
Threads	12
L1 Cache	384 KiB
L2 Cache	1536 KiB
L3 Cache	12 MiB
PCIe Revision	3
PCIe Lanes	16
Socket	LGA 1200
Family	10th Generation Core i5
Memory Type	DDR4-2666
Memory Channels	2
Max Memory	128 GiB
Release Date	2020-05-01
Supports ECC Memory	No
Has Unlocked Multiplier	No
TDP	65 W

Intel Core i5-10500

The Core i5-10500 is a 6 core CPU from Intel released in 2020. This chip has a very good overall score at 43% in our CPU benchmark. Our gaming benchmark shows that this CPU is a very good processor for gaming, with a score of 63%. As for multitasking and heavy workloads, the Core i5-10500 scores 37% and 36% respectively. Indeed, this is a good rating for very heavy workloads.

The Core i5-10500 has 6 cores and 12 threads. This CPU makes use of simultaneous multithreading technology to improve performance on parallel tasks. Each physical CPU core is divided into multiple logical processors. This Intel CPU has a clock speed of 3.1 GHz and a turbo speed of 4.5 GHz : a higher clock speed that can be reached when thermals and power delivery allow. This CPU has a locked multiplier, so you are not able to overclock it beyond this frequency.

As for memory, the Core i5-10500 makes use of DDR4-2666 memory. The faster the memory, the better. Faster memory means that the CPU doesn't have to wait to get the data it needs. It can accommodate a maximum of 128 GiB of memory. Furthermore, this chip can handle up to 2 channels of RAM, a multichannel memory architecture allows for higher data transfer between the CPU and the memory. However, to take advantage of this, you must have enough memory slots filled. Error correcting memory is not supported on this processor.

In terms of cache, the Core i5-10500 has 384 KiB of level 1 cache, 1 MiB of level 2 cache and 12 MiB of level 3 cache. This is a fast memory located close to the processor, which stores copies of frequently used data from main memory.

This CPU has fast connectivity with support for PCI-Express Gen 3. The faster the PCIe link, the better. This allows for better performance with GPUs and NVME SSDs. It has a total of 16 PCIe lanes.

Power and thermals for the Intel Core i5-10500 CPU are a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 65 watts. This measures the amount of heat the processor produces when running at full load. This isn't a measure of power consumption, but it's good estimate.

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