AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 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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$ 224.25

$ 199.00

$ 25.25 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6413 points

21% slightly better overall score

5262 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8715 points

10% slightly better gaming score

7888 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5671 points

27% slightly better multitasking score

4465 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5491 points

27% slightly better heavy workload score

4309 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5675 points

8307 points

46% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

141.62 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

7631 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1954 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7239 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2003 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

37% slightly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

Identical

4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

226th 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

2020 May

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 5600X vs Core i5-11500 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600X beats the Core i5-11500 in overall performance. 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 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11500. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 Ryzen 5 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.