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Intel Core i7-10700 vs Intel Core i5-8600

Last updated: 2026-07-05

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 i7-10700

Rank 2 - 89 %

Intel Core i5-8600

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-10700

Rank 2 - 58 %

Intel Core i5-8600

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,597

6C / 6T · 4.20 GHz

1,402

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

7,926

6C / 6T · 3.80 GHz

5,391

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

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,267

6C / 6T · 4.20 GHz

1,132

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

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

8,945

6C / 6T · 3.80 GHz

4,977

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 630

461

Intel UHD Graphics 630

442

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

8C / 16T · 2.90 GHz

5,353

6C / 6T · 3.10 GHz

2,697

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

214 cb

6C / 6T · 4.20 GHz

178 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

2,291 cb

6C / 6T · 3.80 GHz

959 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 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

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700	Intel Core i5-8600
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 10000 (43)	Intel Core i 8000 (20)
Architecture	Comet Lake S	Coffee Lake S
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1200	LGA 1151-2
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-9700	Intel Core i5-7600
Successor	Intel Core i7-11700	Intel Core i5-9600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700	Intel Core i5-8600
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	6 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	6x
Frequency:	2.90 GHz	3.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.80 GHz	4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.60 GHz	3.80 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	16.00 MB	9.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700	Intel Core i5-8600
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.20 GHz	0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	64 GB
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q4/2017	Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700	Intel Core i5-8600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700	Intel Core i5-8600
Memory	DDR4-2933 (46.9 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 i7-10700	Intel Core i5-8600
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-10700	Intel Core i5-8600
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	Q1/2018
Release price	323 $	230 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-10700 is 4.3 stars (68 ratings), while Intel Core i5-8600 has received 3.8 stars (15 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-10700
8C / 16T · 2.90 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-8600
6C / 6T · 3.10 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★