Intel Core i5-8600K vs Intel Core i7-10710U

Core i5-8600K vs Core i7-10710U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8600K performs better than the Core i7-10710U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10710U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-10710U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-8600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10710U. Despite this, the Core i7-10710U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-10710U 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 data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Core i7-10710U 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 i5-8600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.