Intel Core i5-11600 vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Core i5-11600 vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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 Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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 Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11600. Also, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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 info from our database shows that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600. The Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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.