Intel Core i5-7600K vs Intel Core i9-10900X

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i9-10900X

Price

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$ 304.35

$ 174.44 significantly less expensive

$ 478.79

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2899 points

7550 points

160% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5366 points

8222 points

53% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2207 points

7324 points

231% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2115 points

7249 points

242% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2709 points

7406 points

173% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

61.33 points

202.00 points

229% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4236 points

9329 points

120% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1491 points

1608 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4238 points

9481 points

123% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1522 points

1574 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

400% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.5 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

91 W

81% significantly lower TDP

165 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

200% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

256 GiB

300% significantly more supported memory

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

640 KiB

150% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB

25 MiB

316% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

553rd of 1,089

165th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7600K vs Core i9-10900X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900X is faster than the Core i5-7600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7600K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10900X has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i5-7600K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-7600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-10900X. Despite this, the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7600K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-10900X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.