AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i7-11600H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i7 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

5119 points
5170 points
1.00% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6906 points
7209 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4555 points
0.37% slightly better multitasking score
4538 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4415 points
0.34% slightly better heavy workload score
4400 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

136.91 points
26% slightly higher Blender score
107.90 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7073 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6559 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1665 points
1926 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed
2.92 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.6 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
7.5 MiB
150% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

336th of 1,089
329th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
11th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2021 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 3600X vs Core i7-11600H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11600H performs better than the Ryzen 5 3600X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3600X in all gaming tests too.

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 i7-11600H. Despite this, the Core i7-11600H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-11600H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 3600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-11600H.

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 Ryzen 5 3600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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