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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the more expensive Core i5-11600 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 131 days older than the more expensive Core i5-11600.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 1% better in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i5-11600 - 147 vs 145 FPS
- Up to 10% cheaper than Core i5-11600 - £212.15 vs £236.82
- Up to 12% better value when playing Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i5-11600 - £1.44 vs £1.63 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11600 - 24 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11600
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
147
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.44/FPS
100%
Price, £
£212.15
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Processor (12C/24T, 70MB Cache, up to 4.8 GHz Max Boost)
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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
Very High
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | vs | Intel Core i5-11600 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5th, 2020 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Vermeer | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 6 |
24 | Threads | 12 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 105 W | TDP | 65 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 5900X or Core i5-11600
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, 1920 x 1080, Very High
125 FPS
£12.75/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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89 FPS
£17.1/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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