Intel Core i5-11600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 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
9% slightly better overall score
5419 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8284 points
23% slightly better gaming score
6732 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5201 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
5010 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5041 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
4902 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

158.65 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
130.22 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7951 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6209 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2104 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1630 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
15 W
333% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB
512 KiB
6% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

258th of 1,089
302nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-11600 vs Ryzen 7 7730U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11600 is faster than the Ryzen 7 7730U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7730U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 7730U has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11600. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7730U has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11600. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7730U. Also, the Core i5-11600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7730U outputs less heat than Core i5-11600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 7730U has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-11600. The Ryzen 7 7730U also has slightly more L3 cache.

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.

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