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Intel Core i7 10700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600

39 out of 100
Intel Core i7 10700
VS
31 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Intel Core i7 10700
AMD Ryzen 5 2600

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 10700 with 8-cores against the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 2600 with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
17.8
(Bad)
Value Index
12.5
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 2600 and 10700
Advantages of Intel Core i7 10700
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-2933 RAM
  • 49% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1731 vs 1162 points
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 23% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 3.9 GHz)
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
  • Around 2.09 GB/s (5%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 2600
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 12 versus 14 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 10700
vs
Ryzen 5 2600

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i7 10700 +49%
1731
Ryzen 5 2600
1162
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 10700 +50%
7867
Ryzen 5 2600
5239
File compression 563.4 MB/sec 582.9 MB/sec
Clang compilation 66.2 Klines/sec 39.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 163.3 pages/sec 134.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 259.4 Mpixels/sec 160.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 171.3 pages/sec 102.9 pages/sec
Background blur 36.3 images/sec 22.9 images/sec
Photo processing 65.7 images/sec 48 images/sec
Ray tracing 13 Mpixels/sec 8.95 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 625 & 840 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 10700 +29%
2879
Ryzen 5 2600
2235
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 10700 +22%
15982
Ryzen 5 2600
13133
Integer math 62.8 GOps/sec 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 38.7 GOps/sec 22.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 46M Primes/sec 37M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 31.4M Strings/sec 21.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.3 GBytes/sec 12.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 249.9 MBytes/sec 186.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 785 Frames/sec 669 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.1B Matrices/sec 7.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 6273 & 15855 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 10700 +32%
142.06
Ryzen 5 2600
107.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.6 PPW 6.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 121 PPW 80.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 245.9 PPW 202 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.19 PPW 1.65 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 10700
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-04 (koni)Cinebench 2026375 / 2607
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-15 (Texassky)Cinebench 202477 / 709
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-11-23 (Adam)Cinebench 202473 / 491
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AMD Ryzen 5 2600
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-25 (Friendly_Name)Cinebench 202461 / 420
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-06-10 (Edwardvansloan)Cinebench 202460 / 396
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-08-25 (Guest #2)Cinebench 202456 / 328
Add View all (3)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 10700 and AMD Ryzen 5 2600

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released May 1, 2020 September 11, 2018
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake -
Model number i7-10700 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 8500
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265 - AMD Ryzen 5 7600
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#181st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.9 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 3.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 29x 34x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 4.8 billions
Fabrication Process 14 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Socket LGA-1200 AM4
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (152nd and 179th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 -
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz -
Shading Units 192 -
TMUs 24 -
ROPs 3 -
Execution Units 24 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 10700
0.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 2600
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics 630 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2933 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 45.8 GB/s 43.71 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 10700 official page -
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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Total votes: 3

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Comments

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