Intel Core i5-10600K vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 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
$ 36.89 slightly less expensive
$ 246.84

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5576 points
10008 points
79% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7752 points
12170 points
56% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4881 points
9291 points
90% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4723 points
9088 points
92% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5401 points
9007 points
66% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

134.52 points
281.95 points
109% significantly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

10475 points
19509 points
86% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6883 points
15168 points
120% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1630 points
2857 points
75% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6842 points
15466 points
126% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1687 points
2977 points
76% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.1 GHz
4.50 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.4 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
105 W
19% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
8 MiB
433% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
32 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

287th of 1,089
89th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-10600K vs Ryzen 7 7700X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7700X 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 7700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-10600K that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10600K. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7700X 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-10600K. The Ryzen 7 7700X also has significantly 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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