Intel Core i5-10600KF 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

$ 169.99
$ 76.85 significantly less expensive
$ 246.84

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5658 points
10008 points
76% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7822 points
12170 points
55% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4969 points
9291 points
86% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4811 points
9088 points
88% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5399 points
9007 points
66% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.51 points
281.95 points
117% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6687 points
15168 points
126% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1609 points
2857 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6783 points
15466 points
128% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1685 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

280th 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 i5-10600KF vs Ryzen 7 7700X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7700X is faster than the Core i5-10600KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10600KF in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 7700X has slightly more cores than the Core i5-10600KF. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10600KF. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10600KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10600KF. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7700X outputs less heat than Core i5-10600KF thanks to a slightly 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 7700X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10600KF. 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 i5-10600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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