Intel Core i5-11600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 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

6621 points

3% slightly better overall score

6405 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9474 points

5% slightly better gaming score

9018 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5722 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

5593 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5531 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

5403 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

156.80 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

153.60 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8549 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7982 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2208 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2119 points

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

11% slightly higher clock speed

3.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

Identical

4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

28 W

346% 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

226th of 1,118

238th of 1,118

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR5 (FP7r2)

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 8640HS comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11600K is faster than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8640HS in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Ryzen 5 8640HS 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 8640HS has more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600K. The Ryzen 5 8640HS 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.