AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 459.00
$ 250.99
$ 208.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

52 %
1% slightly better overall score
51 %

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

73 %
75 %
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

46 %
4% slightly better multitasking score
44 %

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

44 %
4% slightly better heavy workload score
42 %

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7274
8245
13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.85
11% slightly higher Blender score
143.82
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7102
7631
7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1673
1954
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7197
7544
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1680
1969
17% 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
40% slightly higher clock speed
2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
4.6 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
65 W
46% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

128th of 622
142nd of 622

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
11th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

July 2020
February 2021

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

-
No

Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Core i5-11500 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600XT performs better than the Core i5-11500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11500 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600XT 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 3600XT thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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

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