AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i5-11500

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-11500

Price

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$ 99.99

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$ 199.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5119 points

5262 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6906 points

7888 points

14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4555 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

4465 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4415 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

4309 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4734 points

8307 points

75% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

136.91 points

141.62 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6958 points

7631 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1612 points

1954 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7073 points

7239 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1665 points

2003 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

4.6 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

336th of 1,089

314th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

11th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3600X vs Core i5-11500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3600X beats the Core i5-11500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-11500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11500. Despite this, the Core i5-11500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-11500 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3600X thanks to a 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 Ryzen 5 3600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.