AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i5-10600KF

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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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$ 339.99
$ 169.99
$ 170.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6549 points
15% slightly better overall score
5658 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points
0.84% slightly better gaming score
7822 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6111 points
22% slightly better multitasking score
4969 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5988 points
24% slightly better heavy workload score
4811 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6209 points
15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5399 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.59 points
43% significantly higher Blender score
129.51 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9081 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6687 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1720 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1609 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8236 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6783 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1703 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1685 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
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

4.5 GHz
4.8 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
19% slightly lower TDP
125 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
166% 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

218th of 1,089
280th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
10th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
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 7 3800X vs Core i5-10600KF comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 3800X 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 3800X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-10600KF has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10600KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-10600KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 3800X. Also, the Core i5-10600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3800X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-10600KF 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 7 3800X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-10600KF. The Ryzen 7 3800X also has significantly 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 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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