Intel Core i5-10600KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 169.99
$ 74.99
$ 95.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5658 points
5931 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7822 points
7969 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4969 points
5267 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4811 points
5102 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5399 points
5451 points
0.96% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.51 points
141.88 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6687 points
7589 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1609 points
1833 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6783 points
7653 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1685 points
1872 points
11% 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
13% slightly higher clock speed
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
65 W
92% 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

280th of 1,089
256th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4

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 i5-10600KF vs Ryzen 5 5500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500 beats the Core i5-10600KF in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-10600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i5-10600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500. Also, the Core i5-10600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500 outputs less heat than Core i5-10600KF 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 5500 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-10600KF. The Ryzen 5 5500 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 i5-10600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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