Intel Core i5-11600K vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800U

Core i5-11600K vs Ryzen 7 6800U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 6800U performs better than the Core i5-11600K. Despite this, the Core i5-11600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 6800U has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11600K. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 6800U has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600K. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 6800U. Also, the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 6800U 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 6800U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600K. The Ryzen 7 6800U 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 i5-11600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.