Intel Core i5-10600K vs Intel Core i5-10600KF

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

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 209.95
$ 169.99
$ 39.96 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5576 points
5658 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7752 points
7822 points
0.90% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4881 points
4969 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4723 points
4811 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5401 points
0.04% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5399 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

134.52 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
129.51 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6883 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6687 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1630 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1609 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6842 points
0.87% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6783 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1687 points
0.12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1685 points

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

4.1 GHz
Identical
4.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
Identical
4.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
Identical
125 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

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
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
Identical
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

287th of 1,089
280th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
10th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-10600K vs Core i5-10600KF benchmarks

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

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Both the Core i5-10600K and Core i5-10600KF have the same clock speed. In addition, both chips have the same 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. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and 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 i5-10600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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