Intel Core i9-11900F vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 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

8228 points
8451 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10552 points
12073 points
14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7484 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
7298 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7301 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
7044 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

166.69 points
221.97 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9503 points
14339 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2234 points
3205 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.8 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
Identical
5.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
6 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

137th of 1,089
128th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-11900F vs Ryzen 5 9600 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 9600 performs better than the Core i9-11900F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11900F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-11900F has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 9600. Indeed, the Core i9-11900F has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 9600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 9600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11900F. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 5 9600 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-11900F. The Ryzen 5 9600 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i9-11900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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