Intel Core i5-7600K vs Intel Core i7-10610U

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i7 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

2899 points

24% slightly better overall score

2331 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5366 points

37% slightly better gaming score

3909 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2207 points

17% slightly better multitasking score

1880 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2115 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

1798 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

61.33 points

41% slightly higher Blender score

43.43 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

111% significantly higher clock speed

1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.9 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

91 W

15 W

506% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

Identical

64 GiB

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

553rd of 1,089

652nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

10th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7600K vs Core i7-10610U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10610U performs better than the Core i5-7600K. Despite this, the Core i5-7600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-10610U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-7600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10610U. Despite this, the Core i7-10610U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-10610U outputs less heat than Core i5-7600K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Core i7-10610U also has slightly 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. For instance, the Core i5-7600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.