Intel Core i5-10600 vs Intel Core i5-11260H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 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

5421 points
17% slightly better overall score
4599 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7561 points
14% slightly better gaming score
6626 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4735 points
18% slightly better multitasking score
3989 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4578 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score
3862 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

138.09 points
25% slightly higher Blender score
110.00 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6447 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5841 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1606 points
1703 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6270 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6055 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1624 points
1732 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

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

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
576 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

301st of 1,089
381st of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
11th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-10600 vs Core i5-11260H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-10600 beats the Core i5-11260H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11260H in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-10600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-11260H. Also, the Core i5-10600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-11260H outputs less heat than Core i5-10600 thanks to a 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 i5-10600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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