Intel Core i5-10600K vs Intel Core i7-6700K

Core i5-10600K vs Core i7-6700K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-10600K beats the Core i7-6700K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-10600K has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6700K. Indeed, the Core i5-10600K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700K. Also, the Core i5-10600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6700K outputs less heat than Core i5-10600K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-10600K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6700K. The Core i5-10600K also has significantly 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 i5-10600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.