Intel Core i5-10600 vs Intel Core i9-9820X

Core i5-10600 vs Core i9-9820X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9820X is faster than the Core i5-10600. Despite this, the Core i5-10600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9820X has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i5-10600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10600. According to our data, the Core i5-10600 and Core i9-9820X have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i5-10600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9820X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-10600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.