Intel Core i7-10700KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 245.99
$ 222.50
$ 23.49 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7179 points
7604 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8706 points
10588 points
21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6665 points
0.35% slightly better multitasking score
6642 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6515 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
6422 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7286 points
17% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6178 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

172.73 points
173.75 points
0.59% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8135 points
10810 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1723 points
2486 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
4.35 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
65 W
92% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
6 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

179th of 1,089
160th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-10700KF vs Ryzen 5 8600G benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 8600G beats the Core i7-10700KF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-10700KF has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 8600G that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8600G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 8600G outputs less heat than Core i7-10700KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 8600G has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700KF. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-10700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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