Intel Core i5-10600K 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

5576 points
21% slightly better overall score
4599 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7752 points
16% slightly better gaming score
6626 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4881 points
22% slightly better multitasking score
3989 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4723 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score
3862 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5401 points
7280 points
34% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

134.52 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
110.00 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

10475 points
16% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
8990 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6883 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5841 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1630 points
1703 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6842 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6055 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1687 points
1732 points
2% 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

4.1 GHz
57% significantly 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

125 W
45 W
177% 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

287th 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

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-10600K vs Core i5-11260H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-10600K performs better than the Core i5-11260H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11260H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11260H. Also, the Core i5-10600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-11260H outputs less heat than Core i5-10600K thanks to a 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 i5-10600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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