AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i5-11600KF

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i5-11600KF comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11600KF beats the Ryzen 5 5600X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600X 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 Core i5-11600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600X. Also, the Core i5-11600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-11600KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 5 5600X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.