Intel Core i7-11800H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 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

6296 points

0.46% slightly better overall score

6267 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8432 points

1% slightly better gaming score

8333 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5628 points

0.43% slightly better multitasking score

5604 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5474 points

0.79% slightly better heavy workload score

5431 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6720 points

18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5664 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

150.35 points

150.92 points

0.38% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8024 points

8330 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1892 points

1980 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7795 points

8600 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1896 points

2052 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) 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

2.3 GHz

3.50 GHz

52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

100% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB

32 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

236th of 1,089

237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-11800H vs Ryzen 5 5600 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11800H performs better than the Ryzen 5 5600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-11800H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11800H. Despite this, the Core i7-11800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11800H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-11800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.