Intel Core i5-11600K vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z1 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

4% slightly better overall score

6328 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9474 points

22% slightly better gaming score

7752 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5722 points

5895 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5531 points

5789 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6323 points

6531 points

3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

156.80 points

169.56 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

11311 points

14960 points

32% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8549 points

9595 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2208 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2167 points

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

18% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 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

28 W

346% significantly lower TDP

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

234th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5

Ryzen Z1

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-11600K vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme beats the Core i5-11600K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-11600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-11600K that 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 Z1 Extreme. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-11600K. The Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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.