Intel Core i5-10500 vs Intel Core i5-8600

Core i5-10500 vs Core i5-8600 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-10500 performs better than the Core i5-8600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8600 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-10500 has more threads. Both the Core i5-10500 and Core i5-8600 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i5-10500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Core i5-10500 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-10500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.