UserBenchmark: Intel Core i5-10600K vs i7-3930K

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Best Bench: 85% Base clock 3.2 GHz
Worst Bench: 63% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)

Poor: 63% Great: 85%

SPEED RANK: 314^th / 1442

Gaming 74%

Battleship

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

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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%

Aircraft carrier


Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		74.4 %			92.2 %	Faster effective speed. +24%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	85.2 Pts	90.5 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +6%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	91.6 Pts	137 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +50%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	182 Pts	268 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +47%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	344 Pts	505 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +47%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	548 Pts	825 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +51%


Memory OC Memory Latency	94.7 Pts	96.6 Pts	+2%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	112 Pts	149 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +33%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	223 Pts	296 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +33%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	432 Pts	569 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +32%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	684 Pts	918 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +34%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.04 %	0.36 %	Hugely higher market share. +800%
Value Value For Money	74.2 %	111 %	Much better value. +49%
User Rating UBM User Rating	63 %	89 %	Much more popular. +41%
Price Price (score)	$280	$144	Much cheaper. +49%


Age Newest	149 Months	47 Months	Much more recent. +68%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watts	125 Watts	+4%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores	6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads	12 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	32 nm	14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +56%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.2 GHz	4.1 GHz	Faster base frequency. +28%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.8 GHz	4.8 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +26%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	841 Pts	1154 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +37%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	681 Pts	1041 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +53%


Series CPU Architecture	Sandy Bridge-E	Comet Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA1200
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	UHD 630
Launch Date Launch Date	Q4'11	Q2'20
Cache Cache	12 MB SmartCache	12 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.2, AVX, AES	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Lithography Lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3.8 GHz	4.80 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI2	8 GT/s
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	64 GB	128 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR3 1066/1333/1600	DDR4-2666
Memory Channels Max # of Memory Channels	4	2
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	41.6 GB/s
Package Size Package Size	52.5mm x 45.0mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	2.0	2
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	No	Yes
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	2.0	3
Max # of PCI Express Lanes Max # of PCI Express Lanes	40	16
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The 3930K has an outstanding multi-core performance profile, almost as good as you can buy at any budget, which considering its relatively reasonable price tag really make it stand out from the crowd. The reason for the extraordinary multi-core benchmark scores is down to the 3930K's six cores. Having six cores effectively results in a 50% lead over quad core cpus and a 200% percent lead over dual core cpu's. Typical desktop users rarely use more than two cores simultaneously thus rendering the additional four cores largely redundant for consumer use. In terms of regular use this CPU will offer virtually no better real world performance than the leaders in my Desktop CPU Group Test. For server orientated workloads the 3930K offers both outstanding performance and superb value for money. ^{[Jun '13 CPUPro]}

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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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