UserBenchmark: Intel Core i5-10600K vs i9-10850K

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Watch Comparable Gameplay: 10600K vs 10900K


CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	284 EFps		313 EFps	Better CSGO EFps. +10%
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	106 EFps		109 EFps	+3%
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	139 EFps	+1%	138 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	139 EFps		142 EFps	+2%
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	139 EFps	+3%	135 EFps

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Performance profile from 155,824 user samples

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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: 128^th / 1442

Gaming 92%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 84%

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84,873 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 105% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 88% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.3 GHz (avg)

Poor: 88% Great: 105%

SPEED RANK: 81^st / 1442

Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 99%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 106%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		92.2 %			98.9 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +7%


10 Mar21\|HardwareLUXX Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...	8 %	BFV 5%, SotTR 5%, MetroEx 15%, Divis2 5%
05 Nov20\|Anandtech AMD Zen 3 Ryzen Deep Dive Review: ...	9 %	FarC5 15%, StrangeB 1%, Bord3 6%, GTAV 9%, Civ6 16%, FinFant15 13%, Chernob 7%, DExMD 1%, FinFant14 7%, F119 11%, RDR2 6%, GearsT 6%, WoT 15%
26 Dec20\|Tom's Hardware AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Review: The Pric...	12 %	Hitm2 8%, FarC5 14%, Bord3 4%, ProjC3 21%, SotTR 17%, RDR2 10%, Divis2 13%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	90.5 Pts	92 Pts	+2%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	137 Pts	146 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +7%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	268 Pts	288 Pts	Slightly faster dual-core speed. +7%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	505 Pts	567 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +12%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	825 Pts	1076 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +30%


Memory OC Memory Latency	96.6 Pts	97.4 Pts	+1%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	149 Pts	155 Pts	+4%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	296 Pts	307 Pts	+4%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	569 Pts	609 Pts	Slightly faster OC quad-core speed. +7%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	918 Pts	1193 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +30%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.39 %	+3%	0.38 %
Value Value For Money	111 %	Better value. +13%	98.1 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	89 %	Much more popular. +59%	56 %
Price Price (score)	$144	Much cheaper. +50%	$286


Age Newest	47 Months	44+ Months	Slightly more recent. +6%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1154 Pts	1987 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +72%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1041 Pts	1845 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +77%

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 Intel Core i9-10850K is one of the best valued high-end CPUs from Intel in the past few years. Essentially, the 10850K is a worse binned 10900K, meaning that it may be a hundred or two megahertz slower than the 10900K and may not overclock as well as a standard 10900K. Otherwise, the 10850K is nearly identical to the 10900K. The 10850K is a very strong gaming and workstation CPU. With a sub-$400 price-tag, the 10850K has a similar pricing to the Ryzen 7 5800X. Gamers who want the faster overall gaming performance should go with the Ryzen 7 5800X, while users who want the best overclocking and a slightly better workstation/multi-core performance may want to stick with the 10850K. Note that Intel will be switching to a new chipset with their 12th generation Alder Lake processors, so the upgrade path is limited to Intel's 11th generation Rocket Lake processors, which is mostly not worth the upgrade. Also, as of Q1 of 2020, the 10900K remains $75-100 more expensive than the 10850K. There is just not enough performance gain for most users to justify the extra cost, so most users would be better off with a 10850K. At the end of the day, the 10850K is still a very solid choice for anyone who wants a high-performing intel processor that will last for a good few years before really needing a upgrade. ^{[May '21 NorthStar]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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