AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i5-10500T

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-10500T

Price

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$ 99.99

Identical

$ 99.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4361 points

9% slightly better overall score

3986 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points

4% slightly better gaming score

5707 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

3461 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

3351 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points

31% slightly higher Blender score

80.54 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4891 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4686 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

1285 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

47% significantly higher clock speed

2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

35 W

85% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089

437th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

10th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Core i5-10500T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2600 is faster than the Core i5-10500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10500T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-10500T. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-10500T outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 2600 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 Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.