AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i9-10850K

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Core i9-10850K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10850K beats the Ryzen 5 2600X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10850K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Indeed, the Core i9-10850K has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 2600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Both the Ryzen 5 2600X and Core i9-10850K have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i9-10850K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-10850K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 2600X has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10850K. Despite this, the Core i9-10850K has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 2600X.

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