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Intel Core i7-10700 vs Intel Core i5-10400F vs Intel Core i5-10600K

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 i5-10400F

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The Intel Core i5-10400F 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 2.9 and 4.3 GHz and can execute up to 12 threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading.

The processor is still manufactured on the old 14nm (14nm++) process.

The Comet Lake architecture is similar to Coffee Lake and offers the same features and is made with the same 14 nm process. Other than the improved clock rates, the memory controller now also supports faster DDR4-2666 RAM. More information on Comet Lake and all the models and articles on it can be found here.

Performance

The average 10400F in our database matches the Ryzen 7 4800U and also the Core i7-9700K in multi-thread performance to be a more than decent mid-range option for your gaming rig, as of early 2022.

Graphics

The CPUs with an "F" suffix do not feature an integrated graphics adapter. The Intel UHD Graphics 630 iGPU is deactivated.

Power consumption

This Core i5 has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 65 W which is in line with most desktop chips.

The i5-10400F is built with one of the old 14 nm Intel processes for poor, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.

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.

ModelIntel Core i7-10700Intel Core i5-10400FIntel Core i5-10600K
SeriesIntel Comet LakeIntel Comet LakeIntel Comet Lake
CodenameComet LakeComet LakeComet Lake
Series: Comet Lake Comet Lake
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 i9-10900K3.7 - 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 i5-10600K4.1 - 4.8 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10400F « 2.9 - 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 i7-107002.9 - 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
Clock2900 - 4800 MHz2900 - 4300 MHz4100 - 4800 MHz
L1 Cache512 KB384 KB384 KB
L2 Cache2 MB1.5 MB1.5 MB
L3 Cache16 MB12 MB12 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 166 / 126 / 12
TDP65 Watt65 Watt125 Watt
Technology14 nm14 nm14 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C100 °C
SocketLGA1200LGA1200LGA1200
FeaturesDDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, 8 GT/s bus, vPro, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3DDR4-2666 RAM, PCIe 3, 8 GT/s bus, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3DDR4-2666 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, SGX
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1200 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
$340 U.S.$155 U.S.$262 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-10400F
33.2 pt (46%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-10600K
35.1 pt (49%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
8532 Points (8%)
10475 Points (10%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1234 Points (52%)
1385 Points (59%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
438 Points (49%)
464 Points (52%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
3201 Points (8%)
3443 Points (8%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
1455 Points (9%)
1332 Points (8%)
1452 Points (9%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
196 Points (59%)
180 Points (54%)
205 Points (62%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
16.7 Points (22%)
14.4 Points (19%)
15.8 Points (21%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.3 Points (56%)
2 Points (50%)
2.2 Points (54%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
7611 Points (46%)
6719 Points (41%)
7343 Points (44%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
41156 Points (30%)
36564 Points (26%)
40074 Points (29%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
52577 Points (36%)
47901 Points (33%)
51816 Points (36%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
9898 Points (12%)
8849 Points (11%)
9594 Points (12%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
119.5 s (1%)
134.7 s (2%)
113.2 s (1%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3.3 s (1%)
6.3 s (1%)
4.6 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
6555 Points (10%)
6536 Points (10%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
43007 MIPS (25%)
36731 MIPS (21%)
40379 MIPS (23%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
5293 MIPS (63%)
5064 MIPS (61%)
5289 MIPS (63%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
84.8 fps (30%)
81.2 fps (28%)
88.2 fps (31%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
236 fps (54%)
228.5 fps (53%)
251.5 fps (58%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
11.6 fps (20%)
11.2 fps (20%)
12.2 fps (21%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.1 GB/s (0%)
0.8 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.8 GB/s (31%)
1.4 GB/s (24%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
10.3 GB/s (27%)
8 GB/s (21%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
315.4 Seconds (2%)
332.4 Seconds (2%)
302.4 Seconds (2%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.6 sec (13%)
0.6 sec (13%)
0.6 sec (13%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
8.1 s (2%)
8.7 s (2%)
7.8 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
17.2 s (1%)
19.2 s (1%)
17.5 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
439.6 s (2%)
470.4 s (2%)
438.7 s (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
15497 Points (42%)
14539 Points (39%)
15961 Points (43%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
62614 Points (51%)
62086 Points (50%)
68275 Points (55%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
62334 Points (51%)
61795 Points (50%)
68908 Points (56%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
62883 Points (53%)
70668 Points (60%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
13579 Points (34%)
11914 Points (30%)
13014 Points (33%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
20080 Points (36%)
20040 Points (36%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
8580 Points (36%)
7548 Points (32%)
8290 Points (35%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1299 Points (55%)
min: 1217     avg: 1220     median: 1220 (51%)     max: 1223 Points
1286 Points (54%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
8173 Points (15%)
min: 6358     avg: 6365     median: 6365 (11%)     max: 6372 Points
7248 Points (13%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1304 Points (6%)
1217 Points (5%)
1281 Points (6%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
8196 Points (26%)
6349 Points (20%)
7237 Points (23%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
5726 Points (57%)
5587 Points (56%)
5821 Points (58%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
32174 Points (36%)
25403 Points (28%)
28391 Points (32%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
752 ms (1%)
849 ms (1%)
760 ms (1%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
244 Points (51%)
215 Points (45%)
239 Points (50%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
116.3 Watt (20%)
135.8 Watt (23%)
204.4 Watt (35%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
148 Watt (27%)
125.5 Watt (23%)
172.5 Watt (31%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
9.8 Points per Watt (7%)
10.6 Points per Watt (8%)
8.4 Points per Watt (6%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-10700 → 100% n=33

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-10400F → 93% n=33

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-10600K → 99% n=33

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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