Intel Core i9-10920X vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600

Compare Intel Core X-series 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The average price from our partner retailers

$ 769.87
$ 190.07
$ 579.80 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7975 points
8044 points
0.87% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7849 points
10883 points
38% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8024 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
7125 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8038 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score
6898 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11797 points
78% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
6614 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

251.40 points
26% slightly higher Blender score
199.23 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10590 points
11709 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1572 points
2649 points
68% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11106 points
12203 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1664 points
2751 points
65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
100% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
100% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
3.80 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.1 GHz
10% 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

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
100% 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

158th of 1,125
156th of 1,125

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
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-10920X vs Ryzen 5 7600 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7600 beats the Core i9-10920X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10920X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10920X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600. Indeed, the Core i9-10920X has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-10920X. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7600 outputs less heat than Core i9-10920X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-10920X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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