Intel Core i9-11900KF 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

8335 points

8451 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10716 points

12073 points

12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7549 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

7298 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7340 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

7044 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.76 points

221.97 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9980 points

14339 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2320 points

3205 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

3.8 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

5.2 GHz

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

133rd 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

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-11900KF vs Ryzen 5 9600 comparison

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

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-11900KF has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 9600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 9600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-11900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-11900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 9600 outputs less heat than Core i9-11900KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 i9-11900KF. The Ryzen 5 9600 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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