AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i9-10885H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i9 8 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

$ 99.99
$ 4293.01 significantly less expensive
$ 4393.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4361 points
33% slightly better overall score
3263 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points
31% slightly better gaming score
4554 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points
34% slightly better multitasking score
2861 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points
34% slightly better heavy workload score
2769 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points
107.45 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4788 points
6775 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1132 points
1587 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4891 points
6323 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points
1482 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
41% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
5.3 GHz
35% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089
502nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
10th Generation Core i9

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
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Core i9-10885H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10885H beats the Ryzen 5 2600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10885H has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 2600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10885H. Despite this, the Core i9-10885H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-10885H 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.

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 Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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