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Intel Core i9 11900K vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

54 out of 100
Intel Core i9 11900K
VS
53 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Intel Core i9 11900K
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

We compared two 8-core desktop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Intel Core i9 11900K against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800X. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
13.4
(Bad)
Value Index
70.9
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5800X and 11900K
Advantages of Intel Core i9 11900K
  • Newer - released 5 months later
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 750
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
  • 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2494 vs 2232 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 11900K
vs
Ryzen 7 5800X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 483
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3448
Cinebench Scores (#188th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i9 11900K +12%
2494
Ryzen 7 5800X
2232
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 11900K +9%
11196
Ryzen 7 5800X
10270
File compression 862.2 MB/sec 851.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 89.5 Klines/sec 97.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 228.1 pages/sec 181 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 331.5 Mpixels/sec 319.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 241.7 pages/sec 236.3 pages/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 50.5 images/sec
Photo processing 89.4 images/sec 66.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.7 Mpixels/sec 25.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1034 & 936 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 11900K
24906
Ryzen 7 5800X +11%
27661
Integer math 88.9 GOps/sec 94.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 52.7 GOps/sec 52.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 67M Primes/sec 122M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 37.9M Strings/sec 35.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.8 GBytes/sec 21.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 328.6 MBytes/sec 345.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1047 Frames/sec 1354 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 23.3B Matrices/sec 23.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4708 & 25373 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 11900K
213.02
Ryzen 7 5800X +2%
216.41

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 6.6 PPW 8.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 89.6 PPW 97.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 199.2 PPW 263.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.7 PPW 2.06 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i9 11900K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-20 (Zodiax)Cinebench 202495 / 819
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-26 (poweruser65535)Cinebench 2024102 / 870
πŸ“˜ 2024-10-15 (antoine)Cinebench 202489 / 698
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-18 (dxd_shxdow)Cinebench 2026483 / 3448
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-15 (NyNy)Cinebench 202481 / 747
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-16 (nothampter)Cinebench 202482 / 1064
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-06 (Hexg)Cinebench 202495 / 849
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-27 (ivy:3)Cinebench 202496 / 863
Add View all (20)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 11900K and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released March 16, 2021 October 8, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Rocket Lake Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i9-11900K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 750 No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - Intel Core i7 11700K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K - AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
Intel CPU rating (#127th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#95th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 4.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 35x 38x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 4.15 billions
Fabrication Process 14 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 142 W
Socket LGA-1200 AM4
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 90Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (95th and 98th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 750 -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz -
Shading Units 256 -
TMUs 64 -
ROPs 32 -
Execution Units 32 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 11900K
0.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 5800X
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics 750 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 50 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 11900K official page AMD Ryzen 7 5800X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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