i5 11600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X with RTX3080 Gaming Review
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Published: 12th April 2021 | Source: OC3D | Price: AMD £299.99 Intel £229.99 |
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If you are someone who games the majority of the time then you'll be familiar with our credo that you're better off, to a certain point of course, saving your money on the motherboard and processor and putting it all into your graphics card.
We know that for our testing today we used two high end motherboards on their respective platforms, but it's worth bearing in mind that when we tested each chipset individually the difference between the top and bottom wasn't massive. Thus you can go with a mid-range motherboard too alongside the upper midrange Ryzen 5 5600X and Core i5-11600K without negatively impacting your performance.
We've given you a lot of data to sift through and your conclusions, and indeed ours, are very much that it almost doesn't matter which of the two processors and platforms you choose, nor whether you want to overclock them or just run them using the automatic turbo boosting, the actual results won't be all that different. So if you just wanted to know whether it mattered which direction you went in, then the answer is not really. However, we know that our role isn't just to speak in generalities but also to focus on the tiny differences. Therefore if you really care about half a frame or so we need to go over that too.
Again, we must mention that the gaps are tiny, except for the stock Ryzen sometimes that lags a little behind the stock Intel. Nonetheless if all you want to do is count scores and pretend that's a victory for your team the results are as follows. In the overclocked setup the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X beat out the Intel Core i5-11600K 11-4. At stock, despite a couple of results where it was behind by a reasonable chunk, the AMD won out 10-5. Realistically it doesn't matter which you prefer or which way you want to go, you'll be happy with either. Buf should you care deeply then the AMD Ryzen 5 is the comfortable victor.
Taking into account price though does muddy the waters a little bit. If you're truly on a tight budget then the Intel is £70 cheaper to buy and that could make all the difference in helping you fit your build within your financial constaints.
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Most Recent Comments
QuoteI didn't know Intel i5 performed that well, and much cheaper than Ryzen 5. Other than replacing a Ryzen 2000 and keeping your motherboard, I would say Intel is the way to go for a new build.Quote
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Originally Posted by jcchg
Why no Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark?
I didn't know Intel i5 performed that well, and much cheaper than Ryzen 5. Other than replacing a Ryzen 2000 and keeping your motherboard, I would say Intel is the way to go for a new build. |
In my analysis pieces on Cyberpunk, I used a different area for CPU and GPU tests. Our typical test area for the game is not that CPU-heavy, making it useless for CPU-focused performance testing.
Finding a new benchmark area for this one article would have added a lot of work to an already time-intensive testing scenario.
The new i5 does offer a lot of value for gamers. TBH I'm not sure if I'd go AMD or Intel this gen if I was making a gaming system. Both are great options and both are on what appear to be dead-end CPU sockets. DDR5 is coming, and that means that both camps will be using new CPU sockets soon.Quote
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Originally Posted by WYP
DDR5 is coming, and that means that both camps will be using new CPU sockets soon.
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Originally Posted by Dawelio
Many people say this regarding DDR5 etc, but many don't keep in mind that we don't know when they might actually drop. And when they do, they will most likely cost a lot - just for the memory alone.
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