amd ryzen 5 5600x vs intel core i5 11500

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (Desktop) 6-cores against Intel Core i5 11500 (Desktop) 6-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and Intel Core i5 11500
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • Around 1.2 GB/s (2%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 20 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14
  • Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Intel Core i5 11500
  • Newer released 1 years later

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
11849
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
22257
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
8925

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 5 5600x and core i5 11500

General

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i5 11500
Vendor AMD Intel
Released October 8 2020 March 16 2021
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Vermeer Rocket Lake
Socket AM4 FCLGA1200
Integrated GPU - Intel UHD Graphics 750

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i5 11500
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Base Frequency 3.7 GHz 2.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.6 GHz 4.6 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 32 MB 12 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Power

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i5 11500
Fabrication process 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i5 11500
Memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.196 GB/s 50 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i5 11500
Integrated Graphics - Intel UHD Graphics 750
GPU Base Clock MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.3 MHz
Shading Units 256
TMUs 64
ROPs 32
Execution Units 32
TGP W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
TFLOPS
0.46 TFLOPS

Misc

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i5 11500
Official site AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page Intel Core i5 11500 official page
PCI Express Version 4 4
PCI Express Lanes 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 11500 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X?