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Intel Core i9-10850K vs Intel Core i5-10600K vs Intel Core i3-10320

Intel Core i9-10850K

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The Intel Core i9-10850K is a high-end processor for desktops with ten cores based on the Comet Lake architecture (CML-S, 4th generation of Skylake). The processor clocks at between 3.6 and 5.2 GHz (all 10 cores up to 4.8 GHz) and can execute up to twenty threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. The 5.2 GHz can be only achieved below 70°C core temperature (Thermal Velocity Boost of 100 MHz). Compared to the fastest CML-S CPU, the Core i9-10900K, the 10850K clocks 100 MHz lower (base and Turbo clocks).

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 Turbo Boost, the CPU is a very fast gaming CPU available at the time of announcement. Using all cores, the i9 however is slower than the top Ryzen CPUs (like the Ryzen 9 3950X) which offer more cores.

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 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 i3-10320

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The Intel Core i3-10320 is an entry level quad-core desktop processor based on the Comet Lake-S architecture (CML-S, 4th generation of Skylake). The processor clocks at between 3.8 and 4.6 GHz and can execute up to eight threads with its four cores 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

The performance is similar to the old high end Intel Core i7-7700K due to the same architecture and similar clock speeds. 

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 65 Watts (PL1) but under full load up to 90 Watt are consumed (PL2 for 28s).

ModelIntel Core i9-10850KIntel Core i5-10600KIntel Core i3-10320
SeriesIntel Comet LakeIntel Comet LakeIntel Comet Lake
CodenameComet Lake-SComet LakeComet Lake-S
Series: Comet Lake Comet Lake-S
Intel Core i9-10850K « 3.6 - 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 i3-101003.6 - 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
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 i3-10320 « 3.8 - 4.6 GHz4 / 8 cores7.9 MB L3
Intel Core i3-101003.6 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Clock3600 - 5200 MHz4100 - 4800 MHz3800 - 4600 MHz
L1 Cache640 KB384 KB256 KB
L2 Cache2.5 MB1.5 MB1 MB
L3 Cache20 MB12 MB7.9 MB
Cores / Threads10 / 206 / 124 / 8
TDP125 Watt125 Watt65 Watt
Technology14 nm14 nm14 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C100 °C
Socket1200LGA1200LGA 1200
FeaturesTVB, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, Quick Sync, VirtualizationDDR4-2666 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, SGXHyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, Quick Sync, Virtualization
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1150 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
$453 U.S.$262 U.S.$162 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i9-10850K
40.2 pt (56%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-10600K
35.1 pt (49%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i3-10320
32.2 pt (45%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
15538 Points (14%)
10475 Points (10%)
5986 Points (6%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1314 Points (56%)
1385 Points (59%)
1185 Points (50%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
511 Points (57%)
464 Points (52%)
458 Points (51%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
5961 Points (15%)
3443 Points (8%)
2320 Points (6%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
2457 Points (16%)
1452 Points (9%)
949 Points (6%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
215 Points (65%)
205 Points (62%)
188 Points (57%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
28.1 Points (37%)
15.8 Points (21%)
10.5 Points (14%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.5 Points (61%)
2.2 Points (54%)
2.1 Points (52%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
6829 Points (41%)
7343 Points (44%)
7164 Points (43%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
58453 Points (42%)
40074 Points (29%)
28383 Points (21%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
76123 Points (53%)
51816 Points (36%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
6828 Points (8%)
9594 Points (12%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
68.1 s (1%)
113.2 s (1%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
2.7 s (1%)
4.6 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
9424 Points (15%)
6536 Points (10%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
70932 MIPS (41%)
40379 MIPS (23%)
25864 MIPS (15%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
5914 MIPS (71%)
5289 MIPS (63%)
4899 MIPS (59%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
146.5 fps (51%)
88.2 fps (31%)
58.8 fps (21%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
285.5 fps (66%)
251.5 fps (58%)
218 fps (50%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
20.3 fps (36%)
12.2 fps (21%)
8.2 fps (14%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.5 GB/s (0%)
0.8 GB/s (0%)
0.5 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
2.5 GB/s (43%)
1.4 GB/s (24%)
0.9 GB/s (16%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
14.5 GB/s (38%)
8 GB/s (21%)
5.3 GB/s (14%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
181.2 Seconds (1%)
302.4 Seconds (2%)
469 Seconds (3%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.5 sec (12%)
0.6 sec (13%)
0.6 sec (14%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
9911 Points (21%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.6 s (2%)
7.8 s (2%)
9.7 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
16.9 s (1%)
17.5 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
419.8 s (2%)
438.7 s (2%)
516 s (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
22639 Points (61%)
15961 Points (43%)
10518 Points (28%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
72388 Points (59%)
68275 Points (55%)
63063 Points (51%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
72353 Points (59%)
68908 Points (56%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
73572 Points (62%)
70668 Points (60%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
19764 Points (50%)
13014 Points (33%)
9675 Points (24%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
28058 Points (50%)
20040 Points (36%)
13564 Points (24%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
14278 Points (60%)
8290 Points (35%)
4368 Points (18%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1401 Points (59%)
1286 Points (54%)
1217 Points (51%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
11436 Points (20%)
7248 Points (13%)
4846 Points (9%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1412 Points (6%)
1281 Points (6%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
11426 Points (36%)
7237 Points (23%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
6425 Points (64%)
5821 Points (58%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
44146 Points (49%)
28391 Points (32%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
717 ms (1%)
760 ms (1%)
784 ms (1%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
160 ms (2%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
253 Points (53%)
239 Points (50%)
224 Points (47%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1254 Points (48%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
302.2 Watt (52%)
204.4 Watt (35%)
115 Watt (20%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
259.3 Watt (47%)
172.5 Watt (31%)
96.3 Watt (18%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
9.5 Points per Watt (7%)
8.4 Points per Watt (6%)
9.9 Points per Watt (7%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i9-10850K → 100% n=31

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-10600K → 78% n=31

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i3-10320 → 65% n=31

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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