AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core i5-10600KF

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series 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

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 140.99
$ 29.00 slightly less expensive
$ 169.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6140 points
8% slightly better overall score
5658 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8293 points
6% slightly better gaming score
7822 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5448 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
4969 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5276 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
4811 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5522 points
2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5399 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.73 points
13% slightly higher Blender score
129.51 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7577 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6687 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1885 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1609 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7674 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6783 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1931 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1685 points

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

3.9 GHz
4.1 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.8 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
92% significantly lower TDP
125 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

243rd of 1,089
280th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop
10th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 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
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 5600G vs Core i5-10600KF benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600G beats the Core i5-10600KF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10600KF in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-10600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600G. Also, the Core i5-10600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600G CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-10600KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-10600KF. The Ryzen 5 5600G also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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