Intel Core i5-10600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 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
5% slightly better overall score
5291 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7752 points
9% slightly better gaming score
7096 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4881 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
4729 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4723 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
4589 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

134.52 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
129.09 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

10475 points
10717 points
2% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6842 points
7501 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1687 points
1825 points
8% 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
24% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
45 W
177% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
3 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

287th of 1,089
311th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-10600K vs Ryzen 5 6600H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 6600H performs better than the Core i5-10600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10600K 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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 6600H. Also, the Core i5-10600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 6600H 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 6600H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-10600K. The Ryzen 5 6600H also has slightly more 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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