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Intel Core i5-10600KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2020
Intel Core i5-10600KF
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AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

What's the best choice Intel Core i5-10600KF or AMD Ryzen 5 7600X? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Core i5-10600KF has a base frequency of 4.10 GHz. 6 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 125 W. Released in Q2/2020.

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X has a base frequency of 4.7 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in 2022-09-27.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    130 left arrow place

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-10600KF CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    115 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    141 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    109 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    163 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    51 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    180 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    189 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    252 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    72 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    48 place
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    55 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 15% better clock speed

    4.7 GHz left arrow 4.10 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 10 % higher specified turbo frequency

    5.3 GHz left arrow 4.80 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    105 W left arrow 125 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 7600X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    18 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    67 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    17 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    58 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    4 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    85 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    7 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    81 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    536 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    59 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i5-10600KF Intel Core i5-10600KF
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 10000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 7000
  • Family
    Intel Core i5 left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    10 left arrow 6
  • Predecessor
    Intel Core i5-9600KF left arrow AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop
  • Successor
    Intel Core i5-11600KF left arrow -
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 7000 Series
CPU Technical specs

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 left arrow 4.7 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 6
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.8 GHz left arrow 5.3 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    4.5 GHz left arrow 5.3 GHz
  • Core Configuration
    - left arrow 6x
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 5.3 GHz
IGPU

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

  • GPU name
    None left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics
  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 2
  • Generation
    - left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 2200 MHz
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow 2200 MHz
  • Graphics Cores
    - left arrow 2
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 8 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q3/2022
  • Shader
    - left arrow 128
  • Technology
    - left arrow 5 nm
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and Intel Core i5-10600KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR5
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow -
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 83.2 GB/s
  • PCIe
    - left arrow PCIe 5.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-10600KF and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 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 left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    125 W left arrow 105 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    182 W / 56 s left arrow 142 W
  • TDP down
    95 W left arrow -
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 105 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-10600KF and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Comet Lake S left arrow Raphael (Zen 4)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 6 MB
  • L3-Cache
    12 MB left arrow 32 MB
  • Part Number
    - left arrow 100-100000593WOF
  • Release date
    Q2/2020 left arrow 2022-09-27
  • Socket
    LGA 1200 left arrow AM5
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow TSMC 5nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Chip design
    - left arrow Chiplet
  • Codename
    - left arrow Raphael AM5
  • Documents
    - left arrow Technical data sheet
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
  • Release price
    - left arrow 299 $

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Intel Core i5-10600KF

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

More results: 8

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 1M / 12 threads / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6854.103552 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 1M / 12 threads / linux
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Motherboard: ASRock / B650M-HDV/M.2
Duration: 145.898 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Core i5-10600KF and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1391.000000
Intel Core i5-10600KF
1976.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

10489.000000
Intel Core i5-10600KF
15315.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

501.000000
Intel Core i5-10600KF
759.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

3629.000000
Intel Core i5-10600KF
5989.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

215.000000
Intel Core i5-10600KF
313.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

1615.000000
Intel Core i5-10600KF
2510.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1354.000000
Intel Core i5-10600KF
2197.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

6877.000000
Intel Core i5-10600KF
11874.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

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