Ryzen 9 3950X vs Core i5-11600K specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 3950X performs better than the Core i5-11600K. Despite this, the Core i5-11600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-11600K that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 3950X. Also, the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 3950X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-11600K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600K. The Ryzen 9 3950X 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 9 3950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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