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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-11600 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-11600 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 560 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-11600.
Advantages of Core i5-11600
- Up to 78% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7900X - £201.30 vs £929.89
- Up to 76% better value when playing Watch Dogs: Legion than Ryzen 9 7900X - £1.30 vs £5.47 per FPS
- Consumes up to 62% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 65 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 9 7900X
- Performs up to 10% better in Watch Dogs: Legion than Core i5-11600 - 170 vs 155 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11600 - 24 vs 12 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-11600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Watch Dogs: Legion
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
155
91%
Value, £/FPS
£1.3/FPS
100%
Price, £
£201.3
100%
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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Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
170
100%
Value, £/FPS
£5.47/FPS
24%
Price, £
£929.89
21%
FPS Winner
NGTEK AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor Bundle With ASUS ProArt X670E-Creator WiFi
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Updated 117 minutes ago
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-11600 | vs | Ryzen 9 7900X |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 12 | Threads | 24 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 170 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 47.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Core i5-11600 or Ryzen 9 7900X
With selected game settings
97 FPS
£12.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,249
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151 FPS
£24.83/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£3,749.95
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151 FPS
£27.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£201.3
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£201.3
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£84
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£201.3
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£201.3
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£201.3
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£204
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£201.3
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£295
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£201.3
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£328.01
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£201.3
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£139.99
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£201.3
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£257.13
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£201.3
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Core i5-11600
£201.3
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Core i5-12600KF
£169.39
Core i5-11600
£201.3
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£354.25
Core i5-11600
£201.3
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Core i5-11600
£201.3
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£201.3
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£238.62
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£201.3
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Core i5-11600
£201.3
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£639.99
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£201.3
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£326.49
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£201.3
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£307.67
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£201.3
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£2,511.32
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£201.3
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£218.88
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£201.3
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£433.5