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Intel Core i7 10700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

43 out of 100
Intel Core i7 10700K
VS
48 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Intel Core i7 10700K
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Intel Core i7 10700K with 8-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 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 (16)

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
16.3
(Bad)
Value Index
48.0
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5600X and 10700K
Advantages of Intel Core i7 10700K
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 27% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2173 vs 1711 points
  • Newer - released 5 months later
  • Around 5.4 GB/s (12%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 10700K
vs
Ryzen 5 5600X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 459
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2477
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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
1711
Ryzen 5 5600X +27%
2173
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 647.3 MB/sec 954.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 76.4 Klines/sec 66.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 169.6 pages/sec 169 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 296.9 Mpixels/sec 245 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 173 pages/sec 213.5 pages/sec
Background blur 38.9 images/sec 47.2 images/sec
Photo processing 63.4 images/sec 68.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 16.5 Mpixels/sec 16 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 737 & 1003 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 10700K
3037
Ryzen 5 5600X +11%
3366
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 10700K
18522
Ryzen 5 5600X +18%
21824
Integer math 66.6 GOps/sec 70.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41.3 GOps/sec 39.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 54M Primes/sec 135M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.6M Strings/sec 26.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.4 GBytes/sec 15.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 294.7 MBytes/sec 252.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 930 Frames/sec 1307 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.4B Matrices/sec 17B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7682 & 35079 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 10700K +14%
178.9
Ryzen 5 5600X
156.48

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5.7 PPW 9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 67.9 PPW 140.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 148.2 PPW 335.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.43 PPW 2.41 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
πŸ“˜ 2024-07-10 (Guest #0)Cinebench 202477 / 716
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-04 (Tris)Cinebench 202462 / 415
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (CTB)Cinebench 2026497 / 2892
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 (dolip)Cinebench 2026459 / 2477
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-07 (Skull)Cinebench 202493 / 592
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-24 (Suhail Alharbi)Geekbench 6 CPU2174 / 9054
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-24 (Suhail Alharbi)Cinebench 202490 / 583
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 10700K and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released May 1, 2020 October 8, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i7-10700K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 5600X - Intel Core i5 11600K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#124th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 4.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 37x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 88 W
Socket LGA-1200 AM4
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (138th and 119th 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 5600X
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics 630 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2933 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 45.8 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 10700K official page AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X or Intel Core i7 10700K?
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random July 7, 2021 at 08:21 AM
got the 10700K because it was on sale for 248 dollars, seems like a competitive deal
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Gradius the King April 9, 2021 at 04:22 AM
As today. Both have 100% the SAME PRICE ! And 11x00 series from Intel (LGA 1200) are a complete CRAP !
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Willis January 22, 2021 at 12:55 AM
Open box I7 10700k for $250 Im voting with my wallet
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Harsh January 24, 2021 at 03:35 PM
Voting is good for u
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Kenan November 25, 2020 at 10:19 AM
I think the AMD is obviously the CORRECT choice. But I'm starting to see an Nvidia-like pattern here as well. I mean if you're dead set on building right now, AMD isn't in stock so Intel is the next best thing. Black Friday is 2 days away, if I spot a good Intel deal, I'm going for it. I've also heard that this will be AMD's last AM4 supported generation but Intel's 1200 socket will support its new 11th gen that's coming out in 2021 which makes it more future-proof, especially if Intel is able to create something that would put it back in the top. We'll see.
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Stel November 13, 2020 at 01:05 PM
If anyone can buy the 5600x at 300$, then it is the better option. I dont know about USA but in Europe its going for over 400$.
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Andrew November 15, 2020 at 04:08 AM
Same here in the US. Sold out everywhere. Scalpers prices are about $200-500 over retail. I'd only get AMD if I was putting the 6000's series GPUs in my PC. I'm leaning more towards the 10700k now.
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Dominic November 16, 2020 at 11:26 AM
Same here in malaysia the 5600x is almost 400usd same price as 10700k man shit.
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Rodrigo November 28, 2020 at 03:30 AM
At the moment the I7 in Europe is going for 300 euros = 358 dollars and the retail price of the ryzen 5 5600x is here also 300euros ? 358 dollars, and thats why I was about thinking to get an i7 it s the same price here
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xxx November 12, 2020 at 06:50 AM
I buy ryzen 5600x, because of pci E 4 and lower TDP for same performance and lower price.
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from poland November 11, 2020 at 10:54 AM
ryzen cost to much for this spec, never again amd... must be noob to buy it
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dude123434 November 12, 2020 at 05:50 PM
What are you talking about? AMD is so much better for price to performance... even a 6 core is better than the i7
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someone November 3, 2020 at 04:26 AM
F*ck it. Im just gonna buy 10700k cuz it looks more cool
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Whatsgoiungon November 12, 2020 at 05:51 PM
WTF what? XD Its the worse choice dude.... get AMD
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saucegod December 12, 2020 at 06:41 AM
Whatsgoiungon, they're very similar in performance, the 10700k is lower in price rn bc of scalpers. It is not the worst choice, the 5600x has better price-to-performance because it's cheaper but the performance itself is very similar.
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Malthe Sterup November 2, 2020 at 11:31 AM
Im going to choose r5 5600x because its cheaper and its overall performance was better.
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