Intel Core i5-11600KF vs AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z2 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

6657 points

6783 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9464 points

9571 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5784 points

5991 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5598 points

5838 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

151.30 points

168.33 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

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

95% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

5 GHz

2% 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

3 MiB

8 MiB

166% 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

213th of 1,089

205th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5

Ryzen Z2

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 i5-11600KF vs Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme performs better than the Core i5-11600KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11600KF in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-11600KF has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11600KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme. Despite this, the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme 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 AI Z2 Extreme has more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600KF. The Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme 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.