AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i5-10600

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

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 224.25
$ 64.75 slightly less expensive
$ 289.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6412 points
18% slightly better overall score
5421 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8715 points
15% slightly better gaming score
7561 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5670 points
19% slightly better multitasking score
4735 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5489 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score
4578 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
138.09 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6447 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1606 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6270 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1624 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

3.7 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4.8 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
25% slightly more pcie lanes
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

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

32 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

226th of 1,089
301st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
10th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i5-10600 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600X is faster than the Core i5-10600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10600 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10600. Despite this, the Core i5-10600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 5600X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-10600. The Ryzen 5 5600X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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