AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core i5 11600K

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Intel Core i5 11600K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X with 12 cores 4.7GHz and Intel Core i5 11600K with 6 cores 3.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 50GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Higher base frequency (4.7GHz vs 3.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i5 11600K 's Advantages

Lower TDP (125W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +29%

2033

Intel Core i5 11600K

1564

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +159%

29242

Intel Core i5 11600K

11277

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +28%

2942

Intel Core i5 11600K

2295

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +109%

19092

Intel Core i5 11600K

9108

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +128%

406

Intel Core i5 11600K

178

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +38%

2277

Intel Core i5 11600K

1650

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +164%

20503

Intel Core i5 11600K

7766

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +28%

4317

Intel Core i5 11600K

3353

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +164%

52013

Intel Core i5 11600K

19635

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

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Intel Core i5 11600K

General Parameters

Sep 2022

Release Date

Mar 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Raphael

Core Architecture

Rocket Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-11600K

AM5

Socket

LGA-1200

AMD Radeon™ Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 750

Package

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

125 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

6

24

Performance Core Threads

12

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.9 GHz

5.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

12

Total Core Count

6

24

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

47x

Multiplier

39x

-

L1 Cache

64 K per core

12 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

50 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1300 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

64

-

Raster Operation Units

32

-

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

3840x2160 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

0.46 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 11600K

5.0

PCIe Version

4.0

24

PCIe Lanes

20

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