Intel Core i5-10600KF vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 12 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
4% slightly better overall score
5409 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7822 points
46% significantly better gaming score
5325 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4969 points
5414 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4811 points
5392 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5399 points
7650 points
41% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.51 points
164.10 points
26% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6687 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6377 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1609 points
66% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
967 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6783 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6701 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1685 points
66% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1012 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
120 W
4% slightly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

280th of 1,089
303rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
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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 Xeon E5-2678 v3 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-10600KF beats the Xeon E5-2678 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2678 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2678 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-10600KF has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10600KF. The Xeon E5-2678 v3 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.

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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