Intel Core i5-11600K vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 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

8139 points

22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9474 points

9987 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5722 points

7532 points

31% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5531 points

7360 points

33% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6323 points

7427 points

17% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

156.80 points

207.75 points

32% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8549 points

11045 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2208 points

2333 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.80 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

5.1 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

45 W

177% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB

8 MiB

433% 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

144th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February

2023 December

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 7 8845HS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 8845HS beats the Core i5-11600K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-11600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 8845HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-11600K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 8845HS has more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600K. The Ryzen 7 8845HS 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.