Intel Core i5-10500H vs Intel Core i5-13600K

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4357 points
12139 points
178% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6522 points
14231 points
118% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3693 points
11472 points
210% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3555 points
11341 points
219% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6321 points
10325 points
63% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

88.96 points
308.32 points
246% significantly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

7387 points
24268 points
228% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5095 points
14998 points
194% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1447 points
2681 points
85% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5.1 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
177% significantly lower TDP
125 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

406th of 1,089
48th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 November
2022 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-10500H vs Core i5-13600K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13600K is faster than the Core i5-10500H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10500H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13600K has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-10500H that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-13600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10500H. Also, the Core i5-13600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10500H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-13600K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-10500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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