Intel Core i5-6600K vs Intel Core i5-10300H

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i5 4 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

28 %
32 %
14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

51 %
52 %
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

21 %
26 %
23% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

20 %
25 %
25% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3786
4394
16% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

59.25
67.64
14% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3989
4001
0.30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1400
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1338
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3947
3985
0.96% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1383
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1342

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed
2.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
4.5 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

91 W
45 W
102% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
Identical
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
Identical
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
8 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

291st of 627
253rd of 627

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5
10th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

August 2015
May 2020

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-6600K vs Core i5-10300H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-10300H beats the Core i5-6600K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-6600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-10300H has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-6600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10300H. Despite this, the Core i5-10300H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-10300H outputs less heat than Core i5-6600K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Core i5-10300H also has slightly 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. For instance, the Core i5-6600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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