In what could well be the precursor to a grueling battle between Intel and AMD in the mainstream segment in years, leaked benchmarks of the all-new Ryzen 5 5600X CPU seemingly shows the chip outperforming the Core i5-10600K by a significant margin. The benchmark figures were outed by noted leakster, @TUM_APISAK, who tweeted the Ryzen 5 5600X performance numbers in the SiSoftware Sandra benchmark suite.

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AMD announced the Ryzen 5 5600X earlier this month after a slew of leaks, rumors and official teasers over the past few months. It is the most affordable one in the company’s Zen 3 lineup that also includes the top-of-the-line Ryzen 9 5950X and 5900X, as well as the Ryzen 7 5800X.