Intel Core i5-11500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Price

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$ 199.00

$ 74.99

$ 124.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5262 points

5931 points

12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points

7969 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4465 points

5267 points

17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4309 points

5102 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8307 points

52% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

5451 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.62 points

141.88 points

0.19% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7631 points

0.55% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

7589 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1954 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1833 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7239 points

7653 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2003 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1872 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz

3.6 GHz

33% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

314th of 1,089

256th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-11500 vs Ryzen 5 5500 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500 performs better than the Core i5-11500. Despite this, the Core i5-11500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11500. Despite this, the Core i5-11500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-11500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.