amd ryzen 5 5600x vs intel core i5 10600k

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (Desktop) 6-cores against Intel Core i5 10600K (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

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and Intel Core i5 10600K
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • Newer released 0 years later
  • 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
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14
Advantages of Intel Core i5 10600K
  • Newer released 2020 years later
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1555
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
11849
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3384
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
22257
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1668
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
8925

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 5 5600x and core i5 10600k

General

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i5 10600K
Vendor AMD Intel
Released October 8 2020 May 20 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Vermeer Comet Lake-S
Socket AM4 FCLGA1200
Integrated GPU - Intel UHD Graphics 630

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i5 10600K
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Base Frequency 3.7 GHz 4.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.6 GHz 4.8 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 32 MB 12 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Power

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i5 10600K
Fabrication process 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 125 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i5 10600K
Memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2666
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.196 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i5 10600K
Integrated Graphics - Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.2 MHz
Shading Units 192
TMUs 24
ROPs 3
TGP W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
TFLOPS
0.38 TFLOPS

Misc

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i5 10600K
Official site AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page Intel Core i5 10600K official page
PCI Express Version 4 3
PCI Express Lanes 16

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 10600K or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X?