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Intel Core i5-10600K vs Intel Core i7-9700F

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-10600K

Rank 2 - 95 %

Intel Core i7-9700F

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-10600K

Rank 2 - 94 %

Intel Core i7-9700F

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz

72 pts

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

68 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz

488 pts

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

467 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz

1,391 pts

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

1,181 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.50 GHz

10,489 pts

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

8,540 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz

1,581

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

1,570

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.50 GHz

7,169

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

7,202

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz

501 cb

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

465 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz

1,254

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

1,218

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.50 GHz

3,629 cb

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

3,644 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.50 GHz

6,877

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

6,714

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz

536

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

525

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.10 GHz

4,049

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

3,848

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz

215 cb

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

209 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.50 GHz

1,615 cb

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

1,491 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-10600K	Intel Core i7-9700F
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 10000 (43)	Intel Core i 9000 (34)
Architecture	Comet Lake S	Coffee Lake S Refresh
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1200	LGA 1151-2
Predecessor	Intel Core i5-9600K
Successor	Intel Core i5-11600K	Intel Core i7-10700F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-10600K	Intel Core i7-9700F
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	6x	8x
Frequency:	4.10 GHz	3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.80 GHz	4.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.50 GHz	3.80 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	12.00 MB	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-10600K	Intel Core i7-9700F
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-10600K	Intel Core i7-9700F
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-10600K	Intel Core i7-9700F
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-10600K	Intel Core i7-9700F
TDP	125 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	182 W @ 56 s
TDP up
TDP down	95 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-10600K	Intel Core i7-9700F
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q2/2020	Q2/2019
Release price	262 $	520 $
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Intel Core i5-10600K
6C / 12T · 4.10 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-9700F
8C / 8T · 3.00 - 4.70 GHz

★★★★★