Intel Core i5-10600K vs Intel Celeron 1017U

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Intel Core i5-10600K CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron 1017U
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Celeron 1017U

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Core i5-10600K and the Intel Celeron 1017U and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Core i5-10600K 6 core processor released in Q2/2020 with the Intel Celeron 1017U which has 2 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2013.
Intel Core i5 (331) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Intel Core i 10000 (43) CPU group Intel Celeron 1000 (9)
10 Generation 3
Comet Lake S Architecture Ivy Bridge U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Core i5-9600K Predecessor --
Intel Core i5-11600K Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-10600K is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 4.10 GHz (4.80 GHz). The processor can compute 12 threads at the same time. The Intel Celeron 1017U clocks with 1.60 GHz, has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel.

Intel Core i5-10600K Characteristic Intel Celeron 1017U
6 Cores 2
12 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? No
4.10 GHz Frequency 1.60 GHz
4.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
4.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i5-10600K Characteristic Intel Celeron 1017U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1)
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
1.20 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.00 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation 7
14 nm Technology 22 nm
3 Max. displays 3
24 Compute units 6
192 Shader 48
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 11.0

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 128 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Core i5-10600K, while the Intel Celeron 1017U supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s enabled.

Intel Core i5-10600K Characteristic Intel Celeron 1017U
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR3-1600
128 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
12.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
16 PCIe lanes 16
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i5-10600K has a TDP of 125 W. The TDP of the Intel Celeron 1017U is 17 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Core i5-10600K Characteristic Intel Celeron 1017U
125 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 17 W
182 W @ 56 s TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
95 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-10600K has 12.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of Intel Celeron 1017U is at 2.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 22 nm.

Intel Core i5-10600K Characteristic Intel Celeron 1017U
14 nm Technology 22 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
LGA 1200 Socket BGA 1023
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2020 Release date Q3/2013
262 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i5-10600K (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U (22%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i5-10600K (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U (7%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
1254 (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U Intel Celeron 1017U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
317 (25%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
6877 (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U Intel Celeron 1017U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
607 (9%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
1581 (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U Intel Celeron 1017U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
284 (18%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
7169 (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U Intel Celeron 1017U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
505 (7%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.20 GHz
461 (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U Intel Celeron 1017U
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.00 GHz
96 (21%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
14460 (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U Intel Celeron 1017U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
890 (6%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
72 (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U Intel Celeron 1017U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
488 (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U Intel Celeron 1017U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
1391 (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U Intel Celeron 1017U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
10489 (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U Intel Celeron 1017U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
501 (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U Intel Celeron 1017U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
3629 (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U Intel Celeron 1017U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
228 (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U Intel Celeron 1017U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
536 (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U Intel Celeron 1017U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.10 GHz
4049 (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U Intel Celeron 1017U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
215 (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U Intel Celeron 1017U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
1615 (100%)
Intel Celeron 1017U Intel Celeron 1017U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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