Intel Core i5-11600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Core i5-11600K vs Ryzen 9 7900X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7900X is faster than the Core i5-11600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11600K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-11600K. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11600K. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11600K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 7900X CPU because of its slightly 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 7900X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-11600K. The Ryzen 9 7900X also has significantly 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.