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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $499
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11600 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 9 3900X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11600 is 618 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 9 3900X.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11600
- Performs up to 10% better in Dead Island 2 than Ryzen 9 3900X - 182 vs 165 FPS
- Up to 66% cheaper than Ryzen 9 3900X - $150.0 vs $445.0
- Up to 70% better value when playing Dead Island 2 than Ryzen 9 3900X - $0.82 vs $2.7 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11600 - 24 vs 12 threads
Dead Island 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
182
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.82/FPS
100%
Price, $
$150
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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Ryzen 9 3900X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
165
90.65934065934066%
Value, $/FPS
$2.7/FPS
30.370370370370363%
Price, $
$445
33%
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-core, 24-thread unlocked desktop processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler
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Updated 348539 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Ryzen 9 3900X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-11600 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 12 | Threads | 24 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-11600 or Ryzen 9 3900X
Dead Island 2, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
110 FPS
$36.36/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 3900X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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110 FPS
$27.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 3900X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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88 FPS
$20.45/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 3900X
16 GB, 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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