Intel Core i9-11950H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 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

6449 points
2% slightly better overall score
6267 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8487 points
1% slightly better gaming score
8333 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5818 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
5604 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5677 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
5431 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

153.40 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
150.92 points

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

2.6 GHz
3.50 GHz
34% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
13% 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

2
Identical
2

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
32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

223rd of 1,089
237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i9-11950H vs Ryzen 5 5600 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600 performs better than the Core i9-11950H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11950H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-11950H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11950H. Despite this, the Core i9-11950H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-11950H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-11950H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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