Intel Core i5-8600K vs Intel Core i5-10500H

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 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

4307 points
4357 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6905 points
5% slightly better gaming score
6522 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3493 points
3693 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3351 points
3555 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4121 points
6321 points
53% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

89.16 points
0.22% slightly higher Blender score
88.96 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5747 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5095 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1581 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1447 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.5 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
45 W
111% 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

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

408th of 1,089
406th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
10th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2020 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-8600K vs Core i5-10500H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10500H is faster than the Core i5-8600K. Despite this, the Core i5-8600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-10500H has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-8600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10500H. Despite this, the Core i5-10500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-10500H outputs less heat than Core i5-8600K thanks to a significantly 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. For instance, the Core i5-8600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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