Intel Core i9-11900K vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

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

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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Price

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$ 559.99

$ 195.30

$ 364.69 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8281 points

8673 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10754 points

12393 points

15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7475 points

7498 points

0.31% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7270 points

0.35% slightly better heavy workload score

7245 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8414 points

10% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

7587 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

212.26 points

233.29 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11108 points

14957 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2402 points

3338 points

38% 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

3.5 GHz

3.9 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz

5.4 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

65 W

92% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

136th of 1,089

118th 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

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-11900K vs Ryzen 5 9600X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 9600X beats the Core i9-11900K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11900K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-11900K has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11900K. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 9600X has more L2 cache than the Core i9-11900K. The Ryzen 5 9600X 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 i9-11900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.