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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11600 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 5 2600X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11600 is 1062 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 5 2600X.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11600
- Performs up to 25% better in Starfield than Ryzen 5 2600X - 70 vs 56 FPS
- Up to 20% cheaper than Ryzen 5 2600X - £155.5 vs £195.0
- Up to 36% better value when playing Starfield than Ryzen 5 2600X - £2.22 vs £3.48 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 2600X - 65 vs 95 Watts
Starfield
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD YD260XBCAFBOX Ryzen 5 2600X Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler
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Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
70
100%
Value, £/FPS
£2.22/FPS
100%
Price, £
£155.5
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11600 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.8 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & select 400 Series chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 2600X
Desktop • Apr 19th, 2018
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | vs | Intel Core i5-11600 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Pinnacle Ridge | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 12 | Threads | 12 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
12 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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