Intel Core i5-10600 PassMark Single Thread Mark

Mid-range Desktop processor released in 2020 with 6 cores and 12 threads. With base clock at 3.3GHz, max speed at 4.8GHz, and a 65W power rating. Core i5-10600 is based on the Comet Lake 14nm family and part of the Core i5 series.
Price 80%
Speed 69%
Productivity 47%
Gaming 90%

Intel Core i5-10600 System Benchmarks

These set of tests are meant to emulate more about what people usually do on a system, like opening large files or processing small stacks of data. This is a bit different to our office testing, which uses more industry standard benchmarks, and a few of the benchmarks here are relatively new and different.

Intel Core i5-10600 PassMark

PassMark Single Thread Mark
Core i9-13900K
4775
Core i7-13700K
4608
Core i5-13600K
4608
Ryzen 5 7600X
4473
Ryzen 7 7700X
4458
Ryzen 9 7950X
4274
Core i9-12900K
3979
Core i5-12600K
3840
Core i7-12700K
3840
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
3516
Ryzen 7 5700X
3487
Ryzen 5 5600X
3441
Ryzen 9 7900X
3435
Ryzen 7 5800X
3429
Core i9-11900K
3316
Ryzen 9 5950X
3288
Core i5-12400
3236
Core i7-11700K
3200
Core i9-10900K
3099
Core i5-11600K
3050
Core i9-9900KS
2993
Core i7-10700K
2991
Ryzen 9 3950X
2989
Ryzen 7 3800X
2981
Ryzen 9 3900X
2936
Ryzen 5 3600X
2916
Ryzen 7 3700X
2906
Core i9-9900K
2890
Core i5-10600K
2850
Core i5-10600
2849
Core i7-9700K
2813
Ryzen 5 3600
2803
Ryzen 5 5500
2769
Ryzen 3 3300X
2742
Core i5-11400
2697
Core i7-8700K
2696
Core i5-9600K
2679
Core i3-10300
2655
Ryzen 9 5900X
2642
Core i3-9350KF
2625
Core i7-7700K
2581
Core i7-4790K
2528
Core i5-10400
2521
Core i5-8600K
2511
Ryzen 3 3100
2468
Core i3-7350K
2429
Core i3-9100F
2401
Core i5-9400F
2393
Core i5-7600K
2380
Core i7-6700K
2354
Core i3-8350K
2337
Core i5-8400
2331
Pentium Gold G5620
2281
Core i7-4770K
2249
Pentium Gold G5600
2237
Core i5-4690K
2234
Core i3-6320
2233
Core i3-7100
2227
Core i3-4370
2219
Core i5-4670K
2186
Ryzen 7 2700X
2182
Core i5-6600K
2146
Ryzen 5 2600X
2142
Pentium G3470
2131
Pentium G4620
2131
Core i3-6100
2105
Core i7-5930K
2104
Core i3-8100
2097
Ryzen 5 3400G
2096
Core i3-4340
2086
Core i7-3770K
2083
Pentium G4520
2079
Core i5-3570K
2029
Ryzen 3 3200G
2008
Core i7-4930K
1998
Ryzen 7 1800X
1970
Ryzen 5 1600X
1964
Ryzen 5 2400G
1946
Core i7-2600K
1941
Core i5-2500K
1898
Ryzen 3 1300X
1893
Ryzen 7 1700X
1886
Celeron G4930
1874
Pentium G3430
1865
A12-9800
1861
Core i3-3250
1851
Ryzen 3 2200G
1845
Athlon 3000G
1818
Pentium G2140
1816
A6-9500
1769
Core i3-2130
1755
A10-9700
1726
FX-9590
1724
A10-7890K
1718
Celeron G1850
1680
A6-7470K
1659
Athlon X4 880K
1657
Celeron G3950
1631
Celeron G3920
1609
Pentium G870
1588
A6-7400K
1581
A10-7850K
1575
A8-9600
1574
Celeron G1830
1574
Core i5-680
1551
A8-7670K
1540
A10-6800K
1531
FX-4350
1529
FX-6350
1484
Celeron G1630
1483
A8-7650K
1469
A8-6600K
1461
Core i7-975
1460
Core i7-980
1442
A4-7300
1394
Core 2 Duo E8600
1370
Core i7-880
1365
Core i3-560
1352
FX-8150
1339
Pentium E6800
1338
FX-6200
1300
Phenom II X4 980
1295
Core 2 Quad Q9650
1259
Phenom II X6 1100T
1250
Phenom II X4 975
1249
Core i5-760
1208
FX-4200
1190
Core 2 Duo E6850
1135
Phenom II X3 740
1075
A8-3870K
1024
Core 2 Quad Q6600
924
Pentium D 960
852
Pentium E2200
802
Celeron 450
733
Pentium Dual-Core E2140
542
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The Core i5-10600 sits between Core i5-10600K and Core i7-9700K. It is 0% lower than the Core i5-10600K while being 1.3% higher than the Core i7-9700K. The Core i5-10600's performance earns it the 30th place. Overall, the Core i5-10600 is a very good performer with its 6-cores and 12-threads in this benchmark.

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Critics Reviews

Given that much of the Core i5-10600K's selling point over the Core i5-10600 "non-K" is its overclocking options, if you're dead-set on grabbing an Intel CPU in this price bracket and don't care ...
The Core i5-10600K doesn’t have high-end new features like Turbo Boost 3.0 Max or Thermal Velocity Boost – those are reserved for high-end Core i9 chips like the flagship i9-10900K.
The Intel Core i5-10600K has a single-core Turbo Boost of 4.8GHz and 4.5GHz for an all-core Turbo Boost. This is slightly higher than the 4.6GHz single-core Boost of the 9600K, but much higher ...
The Intel Core i5 10600K isn't the world's fastest gaming processor, but this six-core, 12-thread chip will arguably be a better CPU pick than the Core i9 10900K for most humans—and human ...
After our testing, the $262 Core i5-10600K delivers and is just as impressive as you would expect from a six-core 12-thread Comet Lake processor clocked at a 4.1 GHz base and 4.8 GHz boost.
The Core i5-10600K processors are geared for the mainstream or mid-range user, even maybe toward the lower end of that range and is a 6c/12t (6 core/12 thread) CPU. Therefore, we are looking at a wide chasm of performance between the two, and thus we are reviewing both CPUs in separate reviews with appropriate comparisons to each.
Intel Core i5-10600K review The Core i5-10600K is an absolute bruiser of a gaming CPU that really puts its money where its mouth is, with superb performance across the board that even beats Intel’s existing Core i7 CPUs. When AMD launched their incredible Ryzen 3 3300X the other week, I called it the $120 Core i5 killer.
The Core i5-10600K is Intel's biggest upgrade in the mid-range for years. Driven by strong competition from AMD, Intel is now giving us a 6c/12t CPU with 125 W TDP and the full compliment of 12 MB cache. Our Core i5-10600K benchmarks show it to be a formidable performer, especially in gaming.
Given that much of the Core i5-10600K's selling point over the Core i5-10600 "non-K" is its overclocking options, if you're dead-set on grabbing an Intel CPU in this price bracket and don't care ...