Intel Core i5-10600KF 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

5658 points
5874 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7822 points
8265 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4969 points
5178 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4811 points
5019 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.51 points
133.44 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6783 points
8200 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1685 points
2231 points
32% 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
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

280th 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
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-10600KF vs Ryzen Z1 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Z1 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-10600KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Z1. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen Z1 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-10600KF. The Ryzen Z1 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.

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