Intel Core i5-11600 vs Intel Core i9-9900

Core i5-11600 vs Core i9-9900 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-9900 performs better than the Core i5-11600. Despite this, the Core i5-11600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9900 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-11600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11600. Also, the Core i9-9900 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. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-11600 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900. Despite this, the Core i9-9900 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-11600.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-11600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.