Intel Core i5-11600KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 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

6665 points
7004 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9500 points
10197 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5780 points
5978 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5591 points
5757 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6309 points
6% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5932 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

151.30 points
192.43 points
27% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
100% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
4.10 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 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

2
Identical
2

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
6 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
96 MiB
700% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

223rd of 1,122
205th of 1,122

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2024 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-11600KF vs Ryzen 5 7600X3D comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D beats the Core i5-11600KF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11600KF in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-11600KF has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-11600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7600X3D outputs less heat than Core i5-11600KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600KF. The Ryzen 5 7600X3D also has significantly 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.

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