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Intel Core i7 10700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600

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

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Intel Core i7 10700K 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
18.9
(Bad)
Value Index
12.5
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 2600 and 10700K
Advantages of Intel Core i7 10700K
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-2933 RAM
  • 47% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1711 vs 1162 points
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 31% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 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
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 12 versus 14 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 10700K
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 10700K +47%
1711
Ryzen 5 2600
1162
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 10700K +62%
8482
Ryzen 5 2600
5239
File compression 647.3 MB/sec 582.9 MB/sec
Clang compilation 76.4 Klines/sec 39.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 169.6 pages/sec 134.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 296.9 Mpixels/sec 160.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 173 pages/sec 102.9 pages/sec
Background blur 38.9 images/sec 22.9 images/sec
Photo processing 63.4 images/sec 48 images/sec
Ray tracing 16.5 Mpixels/sec 8.95 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 737 & 840 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 10700K +36%
3037
Ryzen 5 2600
2235
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 10700K +41%
18522
Ryzen 5 2600
13133
Integer math 66.6 GOps/sec 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41.3 GOps/sec 22.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 54M Primes/sec 37M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.6M Strings/sec 21.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.4 GBytes/sec 12.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 294.7 MBytes/sec 186.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 930 Frames/sec 669 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.4B Matrices/sec 7.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 7682 & 15855 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 10700K +67%
178.9
Ryzen 5 2600
107.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5.7 PPW 6.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 67.9 PPW 80.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 148.2 PPW 202 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.43 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 10700K
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-07-10 (Guest #0)Cinebench 202477 / 716
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-05-04 (Tris)Cinebench 202462 / 415
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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 10700K 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 i7-10700K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 5600X - Intel Core i5 8500
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus - AMD Ryzen 5 7600
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#181st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 3.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 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 Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 4.8 billions
Fabrication Process 14 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 65 W
Socket LGA-1200 AM4
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (140th 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 10700K
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 10700K official page -
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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Total votes: 37

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Comments

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