AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 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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Price

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$ 109.25
$ 99.99
$ 9.26 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points
11% slightly better overall score
3986 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points
5% slightly better gaming score
5707 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
3461 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
3351 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points
41% slightly higher Blender score
80.54 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4686 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points
1285 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
56% significantly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
35 W
171% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

397th 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

-
No

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

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 2600X performs better than the Core i5-10500T. Despite this, the Core i5-10500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10500T. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-10500T outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 2600X 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 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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