Intel Core i5-11600KF 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

6657 points

5% slightly better overall score

6328 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9464 points

22% slightly better gaming score

7752 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5784 points

5895 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5598 points

5789 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6309 points

6531 points

3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

151.30 points

169.56 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8630 points

9595 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2226 points

2% 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

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

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 i5-11600KF vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme is faster than the Core i5-11600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-11600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11600KF. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11600KF. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-11600KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600KF. The Ryzen Z1 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.