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Intel Core i5-10600K vs Intel Core i7-10700 vs Intel Core i3-10100

Intel Core i5-10600K

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The Intel Core i5-10600K is a mid-range processor for desktops with six cores based on the Comet Lake architecture (CML-S, 4th generation of Skylake). The processor clocks at between 4.1 and 4.8 GHz and can execute up to twelfe threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. 

The processor is still manufactured in the old 14nm (14nm++) process. Thanks to the free multiplicator, the CPU can also be easily overclocked (but may not have much headroom).

The Comet Lake architecture is similar to Coffee Lake and offers the same features and is produced in the same 14nm process. Other than the improved clock rates, the memory controller now also supports faster DDR4-2933 RAM. More information on Comet Lake and all the models and articles on it can be found here.

Performance

Thanks to the high clock speeds (and possible TDP settings with most mainboards), the Core i5-10600K offers a similar speed than the old Core i7-9700K quad core. Compared to current AMD offerings, the multi-core performance is on par with a Ryzen 5 3600, single core and gaming performance with a faster Ryzen 9 3900.

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 iGPU is supposed to offer a similar performance as the UHD630 in the Core i7-9900K. As a  low-end solution it will only run current games smoothly at reduced details - if at all.

Power Consumption

Intel specifies the TDP with 125 Watts (PL1) but under full load up to 250 Watt are consumed (PL2). In default mode these 250 Watt and therefore high clock speeds can be maintained for up to 56 seconds, however, all boards offer the option to alter these settings.

Intel Core i7-10700

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The Intel Core i7-10700 is a high-end desktop CPU based on the Comet Lake architecture. The CPU offers 8 cores and 16 threads clocked at 2.9 - 4.8 GHz. All cores can run at up to 4.6 GHz.

Compared to the older Core i7-9700, the 10700 now enables HyperThreading and therefore in some applications a nice performance boost. The single core performance is quite similar.

The chip is manufactured on 14nm++ process at Intel. The TDP is rated at 65 Watt (PL1) but the PL2 is set to 224 Watt for short term boosts (up to 28 seconds).

Intel Core i3-10100

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The Intel Core i3-10100 is a four-core desktop processor based on the Comet Lake S architecture. The processor clocks at 3.6 - 4.3 GHz and can process up to 8 threads simultaneously. The Intel Core i3-10100 is manufactured in the improved 14nm process (14nm++). Compared to the older i3-9100 (Comet Lake-S), the 10100 offers a 100 MHz higher turbo clock, multithreading and support for faster DDR4-2666 memory.

Performance

The performance should be only slightly above the Core i3-9100 in the entry level for desktop CPUs. Thus the performance is sufficient for office and undemanding gaming.

Graphics Card

The Intel Core i3-10100 is a processor with a rather slow entry level integrated graphics unit (Intel UHD Graphics 630). 

Power consumption

Intel puts the Thermal Design Power (TDP) at 65 watts. This means there is no need for large cooling systems, which also allows installation in very compact housings.

ModelIntel Core i5-10600KIntel Core i7-10700Intel Core i3-10100
SeriesIntel Comet LakeIntel Comet LakeIntel Comet Lake
CodenameComet LakeComet LakeComet Lake-S
Series: Comet Lake Comet Lake-S
Intel Core i9-10900K3.7 - 5.3 GHz10 / 20 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10700K3.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i7-107002.9 - 4.8 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10600K « 4.1 - 4.8 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10400F2.9 - 4.3 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i3-10100F3.6 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i9-10900K3.7 - 5.3 GHz10 / 20 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10700K3.8 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10700 « 2.9 - 4.8 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10600K4.1 - 4.8 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10400F2.9 - 4.3 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i3-10100F3.6 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i9-10850K3.6 - 5.2 GHz10 / 20 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i9-109103.6 - 5 GHz10 / 20 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i3-103203.8 - 4.6 GHz4 / 8 cores7.9 MB L3
Intel Core i3-10100 « 3.6 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Clock4100 - 4800 MHz2900 - 4800 MHz3600 - 4300 MHz
L1 Cache384 KB512 KB256 KB
L2 Cache1.5 MB2 MB1 MB
L3 Cache12 MB16 MB6 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 128 / 164 / 8
TDP125 Watt65 Watt65 Watt
Technology14 nm14 nm14 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C100 °C
SocketLGA1200LGA1200FCLGA1200
FeaturesDDR4-2666 RAM, PCIe 3, 8 GT/s bus, vPro, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMX, SMEP, SMAP, MPX, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SGXDDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, 8 GT/s bus, vPro, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3Dual-Channel DDR4-2666 Memory Controller, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX, Quick Sync, Virtualization
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1200 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
$262 U.S.$340 U.S.$130 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com
Die Size126 mm2

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-10600K
35.1 pt (49%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
10475 Points (10%)
8532 Points (8%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1385 Points (59%)
1234 Points (52%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
464 Points (52%)
436 Points (48%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
3443 Points (8%)
2181 Points (5%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
1452 Points (9%)
1455 Points (9%)
895 Points (6%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
205 Points (62%)
196 Points (59%)
181 Points (55%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
15.8 Points (21%)
16.7 Points (22%)
9.9 Points (13%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.2 Points (54%)
2.3 Points (56%)
2.1 Points (51%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
7343 Points (44%)
7611 Points (46%)
6863 Points (41%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
40074 Points (29%)
41156 Points (30%)
26903 Points (19%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
51816 Points (36%)
52577 Points (36%)
34987 Points (24%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
9594 Points (12%)
9898 Points (12%)
8914 Points (11%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
113.2 s (1%)
119.5 s (1%)
194.1 s (2%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
4.6 s (1%)
3.3 s (1%)
6.3 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
6536 Points (10%)
6555 Points (10%)
6124 Points (10%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
40379 MIPS (23%)
43007 MIPS (25%)
min: 24319     avg: 24356     median: 24355.5 (14%)     max: 24392 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
5289 MIPS (63%)
5293 MIPS (63%)
min: 4797     avg: 4853     median: 4853 (58%)     max: 4909 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
88.2 fps (31%)
84.8 fps (30%)
55.8 fps (19%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
251.5 fps (58%)
236 fps (54%)
212.5 fps (49%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
12.2 fps (21%)
11.6 fps (20%)
min: 7.7     avg: 7.7     median: 7.7 (14%)     max: 7.78 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.8 GB/s (0%)
1.1 GB/s (0%)
0.5 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.4 GB/s (24%)
1.8 GB/s (31%)
0.9 GB/s (15%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
8 GB/s (21%)
10.3 GB/s (27%)
5 GB/s (13%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
302.4 Seconds (2%)
315.4 Seconds (2%)
min: 492.2     avg: 493.7     median: 493.7 (3%)     max: 495.1 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.6 sec (13%)
0.6 sec (13%)
min: 0.634     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (14%)     max: 0.652 sec
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.8 s (2%)
8.1 s (2%)
8.9 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
17.5 s (1%)
17.2 s (1%)
20 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
438.7 s (2%)
439.6 s (2%)
481.8 s (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
15961 Points (43%)
15497 Points (42%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
68275 Points (55%)
62614 Points (51%)
min: 61562     avg: 74373     median: 74373 (60%)     max: 87184 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
68908 Points (56%)
62334 Points (51%)
min: 61702     avg: 74370     median: 74369.5 (60%)     max: 87037 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
70668 Points (60%)
min: 62930     avg: 74011     median: 74011 (62%)     max: 85092 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
13014 Points (33%)
13579 Points (34%)
min: 9394     avg: 16477     median: 16477 (42%)     max: 23560 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
20040 Points (36%)
20080 Points (36%)
min: 13268     avg: 24581     median: 24581 (44%)     max: 35894 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
8290 Points (35%)
8580 Points (36%)
min: 5274     avg: 5304     median: 5303.5 (22%)     max: 5333 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1286 Points (54%)
1299 Points (55%)
min: 1171     avg: 1188     median: 1187.5 (50%)     max: 1204 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
7248 Points (13%)
8173 Points (15%)
min: 4740     avg: 4758     median: 4758 (9%)     max: 4776 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1281 Points (6%)
1304 Points (6%)
min: 1167     avg: 1184     median: 1183.5 (5%)     max: 1200 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
7237 Points (23%)
8196 Points (26%)
min: 4724     avg: 4748     median: 4748 (15%)     max: 4772 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
5821 Points (58%)
5726 Points (57%)
min: 5494     avg: 5563     median: 5563 (56%)     max: 5632 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
28391 Points (32%)
32174 Points (36%)
min: 18622     avg: 18692     median: 18692 (21%)     max: 18762 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
760 ms (1%)
752 ms (1%)
min: 833     avg: 836     median: 835.5 (1%)     max: 838 ms
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
239 Points (50%)
244 Points (51%)
min: 202     avg: 207.5     median: 207.5 (43%)     max: 213 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
204.4 Watt (35%)
116.3 Watt (20%)
min: 108.5     avg: 115.2     median: 115.2 (20%)     max: 121.9 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
172.5 Watt (31%)
148 Watt (27%)
min: 96.7     avg: 101.9     median: 101.9 (19%)     max: 107.1 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
8.4 Points per Watt (6%)
9.8 Points per Watt (7%)
9.3 Points per Watt (7%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-10600K → 100% n=37

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-10700 → 104% n=37

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i3-10100 → 85% n=37

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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