Intel Core i9-11900H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 3 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

5635 points

12% slightly better overall score

5020 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8064 points

17% slightly better gaming score

6843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4910 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

4448 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4760 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

4307 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6050 points

9% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5545 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

144.70 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

141.41 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.6 GHz

44% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

11% 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

49% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

283rd of 1,089

345th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May

2024 January

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 i9-11900H vs Ryzen 5 5500GT comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-11900H performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500GT in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-11900H has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5500GT has 3 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500GT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11900H. Despite this, the Core i9-11900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-11900H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500GT CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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