Intel Core i5-11600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

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
1% slightly better overall score
5821 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8284 points
14% slightly better gaming score
7228 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5201 points
5452 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5041 points
5384 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

158.65 points
166.92 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7951 points
9022 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2104 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2060 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
3.30 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.1 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
28 W
132% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
8 MiB
166% significantly 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
266th 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
DDR5 (FP7r2)

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 8840HS benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11600 is faster than the Ryzen 7 8840HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 8840HS in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 8840HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-11600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11600. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 8840HS 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600. The Ryzen 7 8840HS also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-11600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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