Intel Core i5-10600 vs Intel Core i9-9980HK

Core i5-10600 vs Core i9-9980HK comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10600 is faster than the Core i9-9980HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9980HK in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-9980HK has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-10600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10600. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-10600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-9980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-9980HK 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. In terms of cache, the Core i9-9980HK has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10600. The Core i9-9980HK also has slightly more L3 cache.

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.