Intel Core i9-10900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 7600

Price

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$ 478.79

$ 190.07

$ 288.72 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7550 points

8046 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8222 points

10893 points

32% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7324 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

7125 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7249 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

6898 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7406 points

11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6614 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

202.00 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

199.23 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9329 points

11709 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1608 points

2649 points

64% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9481 points

12203 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1574 points

2751 points

74% 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

3.7 GHz

3.80 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

5.1 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

65 W

153% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

66% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

32 MiB

28% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

165th of 1,089

147th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November

2023 January

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 i9-10900X vs Ryzen 5 7600 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7600 is faster than the Core i9-10900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900X.

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 i9-10900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.