Intel Core i5-10600K vs AMD Ryzen Z1

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z1 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

5874 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7752 points

8265 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4881 points

5178 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4723 points

5019 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

134.52 points

0.81% slightly higher Blender score

133.44 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6842 points

8200 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1687 points

2231 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.1 GHz

28% slightly higher clock speed

3.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

4.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

28 W

346% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB

6 MiB

300% 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

261st of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5

Ryzen Z1

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-10600K vs Ryzen Z1 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Z1 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-10600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Z1. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Z1 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10600K. The Ryzen Z1 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.