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Intel logo Core i5-10600K
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General information Core i5-10600K Core i5-6600
Launched Q2 2020 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1200 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Comet Lake Skylake-S
Clock 4.1 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 19.5 %
Turbo Clock 4.8 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 18.8 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 0 % 65 W 48 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 530
Performance Core i5-10600K Core i5-6600
Overall Score 55173 0 % 44469 19.4 %
Future Proof 76 % 0 % 49 % 35.5 %
Benchmark Score 9266 0 % 3911 57.8 %
Single Thread Score 2931.8 0 % 2269.3 22.6 %
Encrypting Data 4989.5 MB/s 0 % 1785.4 MB/s 64.2 %
Compressing Data 208.2 MB/s 0 % 80.3 MB/s 61.4 %
String objects sorting 26629.3 thousand/s 0 % 10102.8 thousand/s 62.1 %
Prime numbers generation 45.9 millions/s 0 % 29.2 millions/s 36.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47547.9 millions/s 0 % 15809.4 millions/s 66.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 29781.1 millions/s 0 % 13414.4 millions/s 55 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-10600K, Core i5-6600.

Average frames per second Core i5-10600K Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.6 FPS 86.8 FPS
High settings 189.7 FPS 138.9 FPS
Medium settings 237.2 FPS 173.6 FPS
Low settings 296.4 FPS 217.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.8 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-10600K Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.7 FPS 128.9 FPS
High settings 236.4 FPS 206.2 FPS
Medium settings 295.5 FPS 257.8 FPS
Low settings 369.3 FPS 322.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.7 %
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