intel core i5 11600kf vs amd ryzen 5 5500u

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We compared two CPUs Intel Core i5 11600KF (Desktop) 6-cores against AMD Ryzen 5 5500U (Laptop) 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 Intel Core i5 11600KF and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Advantages of Intel Core i5 11600KF
  • Newer released 0 years later
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 18% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4 GHz)
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
  • Consumes up to 80% less energy than the Intel Core i5 11600KF – 25 vs 125 Watt
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
11342
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
19846
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i5 11600kf and ryzen 5 5500u

General

Intel Core i5 11600KF AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Vendor Intel AMD
Released March 16 2021 January 7 2021
Type Desktop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Rocket Lake Lucienne U
Socket FCLGA1200 FP6
Integrated GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Performance

Intel Core i5 11600KF AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Base Frequency 3.9 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.9 GHz 4 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12 MB (shared) 8 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Power

Intel Core i5 11600KF AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Fabrication process 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 W 25 W
Max. temperature 100°C 105°C

Memory support

Intel Core i5 11600KF AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-4266
Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 50 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Intel Core i5 11600KF AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Integrated Graphics AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock MHz 300 MHz
Shading Units 448
TMUs 28
ROPs 7
TGP W 0 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.108 TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i5 11600KF AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Official site Intel Core i5 11600KF official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page
PCI Express Version 4 3
PCI Express Lanes 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U or Intel Core i5 11600KF?