amd ryzen 5 3600 vs intel core i5 10600k
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We compared two CPUs Intel Core i5 10600K (Desktop) 6-cores against AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (Desktop) 6-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i5 10600K
- Newer released 1 years later
- 12% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than the Intel Core i5 10600K – 65 vs 125 Watt
- Around 9.6 GB/s (19%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 20 MB larger L3 cache size
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| Intel Core i5 10600K | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | |
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | May 20 2020 | July 7 2019 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Comet Lake-S | Matisse |
| Socket | FCLGA1200 | AM4 |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | - |
Performance
| Intel Core i5 10600K | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | |
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency | 4.1 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.8 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB (shared) | 32 MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Power
| Intel Core i5 10600K | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | |
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 7 nm, 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 W | 65 W |
| Max. temperature | 100°C | °C |
Memory support
| Intel Core i5 10600K | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | |
| Memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 41.6 GB/s | 51.196 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
| Intel Core i5 10600K | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | |
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 350 MHz | MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1.2 MHz | MHz |
| Shading Units | 192 | |
| TMUs | 24 | |
| ROPs | 3 | |
| TGP | 15 W | W |
iGPU FLOPS
Misc
| Intel Core i5 10600K | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | |
| Official site | Intel Core i5 10600K official page | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3 | |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 |