Intel Core i5-11600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

Core i5-11600K vs Ryzen 9 6900HS comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 6900HS 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 9 6900HS has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11600K. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 6900HS 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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 6900HS. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Ryzen 9 6900HS 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 6900HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-11600K. The Ryzen 9 6900HS 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.