Intel Core i5-10600KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5658 points

5821 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7822 points

8% slightly better gaming score

7228 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4969 points

5452 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4811 points

5384 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.51 points

166.92 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6783 points

9022 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1685 points

2060 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.1 GHz

24% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

5.1 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

28 W

346% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

280th of 1,089

266th 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

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-10600KF vs Ryzen 7 8840HS comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 8840HS beats the Core i5-10600KF in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-10600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 8840HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-10600KF has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10600KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 8840HS. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 8840HS has more L2 cache than the Core i5-10600KF. The Ryzen 7 8840HS also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-10600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.