AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i5-11500

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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

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$ 339.99
$ 199.00
$ 140.99 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6549 points
24% slightly better overall score
5262 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points
Identical
7888 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6111 points
36% slightly better multitasking score
4465 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5988 points
38% slightly better heavy workload score
4309 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6209 points
8307 points
33% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.59 points
31% slightly higher Blender score
141.62 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9081 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
7631 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1720 points
1954 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8236 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7239 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1703 points
2003 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
44% significantly 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

105 W
65 W
61% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

218th of 1,089
314th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
11th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
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

-
No

Ryzen 7 3800X vs Core i5-11500 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 3800X is faster than the Core i5-11500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11500 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 3800X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-11500 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11500. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 3800X has a significantly higher clock speed than 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 7 3800X 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 7 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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