Intel Core i9-11900K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 559.99
$ 177.00
$ 382.99 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8281 points
8583 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10754 points
11637 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7475 points
7604 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7270 points
7365 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8414 points
20% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6996 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

212.26 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
208.44 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15519 points
0.06% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
15510 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10589 points
12562 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2288 points
2799 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11108 points
12876 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2402 points
2889 points
20% slightly 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

3.5 GHz
4.70 GHz
34% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
Identical
5.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
105 W
19% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
66% significantly more L1 cache
384 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

136th of 1,089
121st of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-11900K vs Ryzen 5 7600X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7600X performs better than the Core i9-11900K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11900K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-11900K has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7600X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11900K. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7600X outputs less heat than Core i9-11900K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-11900K. The Ryzen 5 7600X also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-11900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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