Intel Core i5-11600KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

Core i5-11600KF vs Ryzen 9 5900HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11600KF is faster than the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11600KF. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11600KF. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Also, the Core i5-11600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 5900HX has more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600KF. The Ryzen 9 5900HX also has slightly 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 i5-11600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.