Intel Core i5-11600KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT

Price

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$ 208.31

$ 149.48

$ 58.83 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6657 points

3% slightly better overall score

6416 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9464 points

9% slightly better gaming score

8665 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5784 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

5694 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5598 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

5516 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6309 points

13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5539 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

151.30 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

139.36 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8630 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7974 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2226 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2039 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

4.59 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

65 W

92% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

Identical

3 MiB

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

213th of 1,089

225th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-11600KF vs Ryzen 5 5600GT specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600GT is faster than the Core i5-11600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-11600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11600KF. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Ryzen 5 5600GT also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-11600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.