Intel Core i5-11600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5920 points
6035 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8284 points
9622 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5201 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
4899 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5041 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
4684 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

158.65 points
192.43 points
21% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
100% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
4.10 GHz
46% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
6 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
96 MiB
700% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

258th of 1,089
248th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2024 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-11600 vs Ryzen 5 7600X3D specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7600X3D performs better than the Core i5-11600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11600 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-11600 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11600. Despite this, the Core i5-11600 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600. The Ryzen 5 7600X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i5-11600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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