Intel Core i5-11600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Price

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$ 199.00

$ 23.50 slightly less expensive

$ 222.50

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6621 points

7604 points

14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9474 points

10588 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5722 points

6642 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5531 points

6422 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6323 points

2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6178 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

156.80 points

173.75 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8549 points

10810 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2208 points

2486 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

4.35 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

5 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

65 W

92% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB

6 MiB

300% 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

215th of 1,089

160th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-11600K vs Ryzen 5 8600G specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 8600G performs better than the Core i5-11600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11600K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-11600K has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11600K. Also, the Ryzen 5 8600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 8600G outputs less heat than Core i5-11600K 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 5 8600G has more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600K. The Ryzen 5 8600G 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 i5-11600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.