Ryzen 7 8845HS vs i5-10600K

Aggregate performance score

Core i5-10600K
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 125 Watt
9.18
Ryzen 7 8845HS
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 45 Watt
18.54
+102%

Ryzen 7 8845HS outperforms Core i5-10600K by a whopping 102% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-10600K and Ryzen 7 8845HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking845330
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation15.28no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiency6.8238.27
Architecture codenameComet Lake (2020)Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date30 April 2020 (4 years ago)6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$262no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-10600K and Ryzen 7 8845HS basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed4.1 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed4.8 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache12 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-10600K and Ryzen 7 8845HS compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCLGA1200FP8
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-10600K and Ryzen 7 8845HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Ryzen AI, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
SIPP+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Core i5-10600K and Ryzen 7 8845HS technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-10600K and Ryzen 7 8845HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-10600K and Ryzen 7 8845HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth41.6 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 630AMD Radeon 780M
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.2 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-10600K and Ryzen 7 8845HS integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-10600K and Ryzen 7 8845HS integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2160@30Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096 x 2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-10600K and Ryzen 7 8845HS integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-10600K and Ryzen 7 8845HS.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1620

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-10600K 9.18
Ryzen 7 8845HS 18.54
+102%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i5-10600K 14302
Ryzen 7 8845HS 28903
+102%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i5-10600K 1688
Ryzen 7 8845HS 2351
+39.3%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i5-10600K 6892
Ryzen 7 8845HS 11101
+61.1%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i5-10600K 7343
Ryzen 7 8845HS 7475
+1.8%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i5-10600K 40074
Ryzen 7 8845HS 47416
+18.3%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

i5-10600K 4.65
Ryzen 7 8845HS 4
+16.3%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i5-10600K 16
Ryzen 7 8845HS 30
+87.3%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i5-10600K 1452
Ryzen 7 8845HS 2572
+77.1%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i5-10600K 205
Ryzen 7 8845HS 278
+35.6%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i5-10600K 2.19
Ryzen 7 8845HS 3.31
+51.1%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i5-10600K 8
Ryzen 7 8845HS 14.2
+77.5%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i5-10600K 88
Ryzen 7 8845HS 144
+62.9%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i5-10600K 252
Ryzen 7 8845HS 289
+14.9%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i5-10600K 6536
Ryzen 7 8845HS 13168
+101%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i5-10600K 7248
Ryzen 7 8845HS 11850
+63.5%

Blender(-)

i5-10600K 302
+51.2%
Ryzen 7 8845HS 200

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

i5-10600K 1286
Ryzen 7 8845HS 1940
+50.8%

7-Zip Single

i5-10600K 5289
Ryzen 7 8845HS 6305
+19.2%

7-Zip

i5-10600K 40379
Ryzen 7 8845HS 67167
+66.3%

WebXPRT 3

i5-10600K 239
Ryzen 7 8845HS 305
+27.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.18 18.54
Integrated graphics card 3.09 18.30
Recency 30 April 2020 6 December 2023
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 7 8845HS has a 102% higher aggregate performance score, 492.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 177.8% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 7 8845HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-10600K in performance tests.

Note that Core i5-10600K is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 8845HS is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-10600K and Ryzen 7 8845HS, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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