AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i7-11800H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 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

6410 points
1% slightly better overall score
6296 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points
3% slightly better gaming score
8432 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5668 points
0.71% slightly better multitasking score
5628 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5487 points
0.24% slightly better heavy workload score
5474 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5675 points
6720 points
18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
150.35 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

11838 points
14088 points
19% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
8024 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1892 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7795 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1896 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
60% significantly higher clock speed
2.3 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
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
768 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

226th of 1,089
236th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
11th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i7-11800H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11800H performs better than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11800H has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Indeed, the Core i7-11800H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11800H. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i7-11800H outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5600X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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.

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