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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-9600KF outperforms the cheaper Core i5-10500 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-10500 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-9600KF is 478 days older than the cheaper Core i5-10500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9600KF
- Performs up to 2% better in Far Cry 3 than Core i5-10500 - 149 vs 146 FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i5-10500
- Up to 15% cheaper than Core i5-9600KF - £176.89 vs £208.66
- Up to 14% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than Core i5-9600KF - £1.21 vs £1.4 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-9600KF - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9600KF - 12 vs 6 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-9600KF doesn't have integrated graphics
Far Cry 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-9600KF
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
149
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.4/FPS
86.42857142857143%
Price, £
£208.66
84%
FPS Winner
Intel Core i5-9600KF Six-Core LGA 1151 Processor
Buy for £208.66 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 3693 minutes ago
Core i5-10500
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
FPS
146
97.98657718120806%
Value, £/FPS
£1.21/FPS
100%
Price, £
£176.89
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i5-10500 (base clock: 3.10GHz; socket: LGA1200; 65Watt) box
Buy for £176.89 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 3693 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-9600KF
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Core i5-10500
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-10500
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Single-Core
1519
95.7151858853182%
Multi-Core
5470
95.84720518661292%
Intel Core i5-9600KF | vs | Intel Core i5-10500 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 8th, 2019 | Release Date | Apr 30th, 2020 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 12 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.5 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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