IntelBX8070110600K
AMDYD150XBBAEBOX

6 Cores, 12 Threads @4.1GHz, Comet Lake.
Release date: Q2 2020.

4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.5GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q2 2017.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 140,989 user samples
70,951 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 100% Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 81% Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)
Poor: 81% Great: 100%
SPEED RANK: 128th / 1441
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
70,038 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 73% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 56% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Poor: 56% Great: 73%
SPEED RANK: 469th / 1441
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
92.2 % Much faster effective speed.
+39%
66.4 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
90.5 Pts Lower memory latency.
+26%
71.8 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
137 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+33%
103 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
268 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+40%
192 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
505 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+53%
329 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
825 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+64%
503 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
96.6 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+22%
79.5 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
149 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+31%
114 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
296 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+33%
222 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
569 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+49%
381 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
918 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+60%
574 Pts
Market Share
Based on 67,707,608 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.49 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,125%
0.04 %
Value
Value For Money
111 % Much better value.
+36%
81.6 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
89 % Much more popular.
+46%
61 %
Price
Price (score)
$144 $131 Slightly cheaper.
+9%
Age
Newest
47 Months Much more recent.
+44%
84 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
125 Watts 65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+48%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
6 cores Much higher core count.
+50%
4 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
12 threads Much higher thread count.
+50%
8 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process
14 nm 14 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
4.1 GHz Faster base frequency.
+17%
3.5 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
4.8 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+30%
3.7 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1154 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+98%
584 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
1041 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+100%
521 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Comet Lake Zen
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCLGA1200 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
UHD 630 None
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Intel’s tenth gen, six-core i5-10600K is one of the fastest consumer CPUs currently available. Out of the box, its maximum all core frequency is 4.5 GHz, but a simple overclock allows all 12 threads to hit 5.0 GHz. Although a new Z490 (LGA1200) motherboard is required, Intel have indicated that LGA1200 will remain compatible with Rocket Lake CPUs which are due later this year. The eight-core Ryzen 3700X currently competes in the 10600K’s price bracket. CPU based encoding is akin to using hair clippers on a lawn but If dedicated hardware such as NVENC or QuickSync is not an option, the 3700X can outperform the 10600K in encoding workloads such as UserBenchmark 64-core, Cinebench, Blender-CPU and Handbrake-CPU. Meanwhile, the 10600K is better for almost everything else. Currently, the real problem with the 10600K, and much of the Comet Lake line up, is availability. Whilst there was a paper launch in Q2 2020, at the time of writing, the 10600K is still largely unavailable for purchase. In order to achieve better value for money, without compromising on gaming performance, it is necessary to consider the older generation 9600K which is 26% cheaper and offers similar gaming performance. [Jun '20 CPUPro]

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The quad core and octa threaded Ryzen 1500X is a sub-$200 chip based on AMD's latest Zen architecture. It is released this month as part of the Ryzen 5 launch – a mid-market range specced out to challenge Intel's i5 series and yield considerably better multi-threaded performance at budget prices. Comparing the i5-7600K shows that the 7600K is 20% faster for single and quad core workloads but looses by 20% for multi-core workloads. The Ryzen 5 line-up also includes the 6 core 12 threaded 1600X. By comparison, the 1500X is 24% less expensive, comes with a Wraith Spire cooler and impressively yields very similar single and quad core performance, but multi-core performance lags 50% behind the 1600X. Both chips can be overclocked, but out the box, the base and boost clock speeds are 3.5GHz and 3.7GHz for the 1500X and 3.6GHz and 4.0GHz for the 1600X. The 1500X is a very reasonable CPU for the money, which thanks to AMD's recent IPC improvements, punches far above its weight for multi-threaded performance by Intel's standards. [Apr '17 CPUPro]

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