AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Core i5-10600K

Ryzen 7 1800X vs Core i5-10600K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-10600K beats the Ryzen 7 1800X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 1800X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 1800X has slightly more cores than the Core i5-10600K. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1800X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 1800X. A Ryzen 7 1800X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-10600K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 1800X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10600K. The Ryzen 7 1800X 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 7 1800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.