Intel Core i5-10600K vs AMD Ryzen 7 5825U

Core i5-10600K vs Ryzen 7 5825U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5825U beats the Core i5-10600K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-10600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5825U has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-10600K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5825U. Also, the Core i5-10600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5825U 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 5825U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10600K. The Ryzen 7 5825U 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 i5-10600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.