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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11600KF outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 5 5600X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11600KF is 131 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 5 5600X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than Intel Core i5-11600KF - 65 vs 125 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11600KF
- Performs up to 1% better in Baldur's Gate 3 than Ryzen 5 5600X - 124 vs 123 FPS
- Up to 87% cheaper than Ryzen 5 5600X - $160.68 vs $1199.99
- Up to 87% better value when playing Baldur's Gate 3 than Ryzen 5 5600X - $1.3 vs $9.76 per FPS
Baldur's Gate 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 5600X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
123
99.19354838709677%
Value, $/FPS
$9.76/FPS
13.319672131147541%
Price, $
$1199.99
13%
Thermaltake LCGS Glacier 460 AIO Liquid Cooled CPU Gaming Desktop (AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600X 6-core, ToughRam DDR4 3600Mhz 16GB RGB Memory, NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4060, 1TB NVMe M.2, WiFi) S3GL-B550-460-LCS
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Core i5-11600KF
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
124
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.3/FPS
100%
Price, $
$160.68
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11600KF Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.9 GHz Unlocked LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 125W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 5600X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Core i5-11600KF
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 5600X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Single-Core
2092
95.26411657559198%
Multi-Core
8659
99.4487194211554%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | vs | Intel Core i5-11600KF |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5th, 2020 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Vermeer | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 12 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 125 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 37.0x | Multiplier | 39.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 5600X or Core i5-11600KF
Baldur's Gate 3, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
66 FPS
$15.91/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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90 FPS
$16.66/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,499
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76 FPS
$13.8/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,049
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66 FPS
$18.94/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,249.99
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102 FPS
$17.65/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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62 FPS
$16.61/FPS
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,029.99
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66 FPS
$15.15/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5600X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$999.99
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60 FPS
$21.83/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11600KF
16 GB, 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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70 FPS
$18.57/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,299.99
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76 FPS
$30.84/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$2,344
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