Intel Core i9-10850K vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 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

8580 points

1% slightly better overall score

8451 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9432 points

12073 points

28% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8275 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

7298 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8174 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

7044 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

227.80 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

221.97 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9021 points

14339 points

58% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1758 points

3205 points

82% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

3.8 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

Identical

5.2 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

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB

6 MiB

139% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB

32 MiB

60% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

122nd of 1,089

128th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 August

2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-10850K vs Ryzen 5 9600 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10850K performs better than the Ryzen 5 9600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10850K has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 9600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 9600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-10850K. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 9600 outputs less heat than Core i9-10850K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 9600 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10850K. The Ryzen 5 9600 also has significantly more 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 i9-10850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.