Intel Core i5-11600 vs AMD Ryzen Z1

Core i5-11600 vs Ryzen Z1 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11600 beats the Ryzen Z1 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Z1 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Z1 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-11600. Also, the Ryzen Z1 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen Z1 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600. The Ryzen Z1 also has slightly 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.