Intel Core i5-10600K vs AMD Athlon II X4 641. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 10000 AMD Athlon II X4 (Llano)
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD Athlon II
• Generation
  10 2
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-9600K -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  Intel Core i5-11600K -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  4.1 GHz 2.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• CPU Threads
  12 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.8 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4.5 GHz -
• Core Configuration
  - 4x

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  24 -
• Generation
  9.5 -
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  1200 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q4/2017 -
• Shader
  192 -
• Technology
  14 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Athlon II X4 641 and Intel Core i5-10600K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR3-1333
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 21.3 GB/s
• PCIe
  - 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-10600K and AMD Athlon II X4 641 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  125 W 100 W
• TDP (PL2)
  182 W / 56 s -
• TDP down
  95 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-10600K and AMD Athlon II X4 641, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Comet Lake S Llano
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
• L2-Cache
  - 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  12 MB -
• Part Number
  - AD638XOJGXBOX
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q1/2012
• Socket
  LGA 1200 FM1
• Technology
  14 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V