Intel Core i5-11600K vs Intel Core i9-10900K

Core i5-11600K vs Core i9-10900K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900K is faster than the Core i5-11600K. Despite this, the Core i5-11600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900K has significantly more cores than the Core i5-11600K. Indeed, the Core i9-10900K has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600K. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900K. Despite this, the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-10900K has more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600K. The Core i9-10900K also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-11600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.