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IntelBX8070110600K
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6 Cores, 12 Threads @4.1GHz, Comet Lake.
Release date: Q2 2020.

  

4 Cores, 8 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q1 2022.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 70,976 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: 145th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
25 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 104% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Poor bench: 89% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 89% Great: 104%
SPEED RANK: 126th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 102%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
92.2 % 95.5 % +4%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
90.5 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+10%
82.5 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
137 Pts 181 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+32%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
268 Pts 340 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+27%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
505 Pts 586 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+16%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
825 Pts 837 Pts +1%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
96.6 Pts +4% 92.6 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
149 Pts 187 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+26%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
296 Pts 373 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+26%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
569 Pts 700 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+23%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
918 Pts +5% 878 Pts
Market Share
Based on 68,925,168 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.33 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
0 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
89 % Much more popular.
+75%
51 %
Age
Newest
54 Months 32+ Months Much more recent.
+41%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1154 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+31%
878 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
1041 Pts Faster 64-core speed.
+23%
847 Pts

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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