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Watch Comparable Gameplay: 11600K vs 5800X


CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	296 EFps		318 EFps	Slightly Better CSGO EFps. +7%
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	108 EFps		108 EFps
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	142 EFps		142 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	143 EFps	Slightly Better PUBG EFps. +8%	133 EFps
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	134 EFps	Better Fortnite EFps. +11%	121 EFps

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Best Bench: 108% Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 91% Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)

Poor: 91% Great: 108%

SPEED RANK: 76^th / 1442

Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 102%

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Workstation 92%

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60,132 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 108% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 87% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)

Poor: 87% Great: 108%

SPEED RANK: 79^th / 1442

Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 100%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 109%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		99.3 %	+0%		99 %


20 Oct22\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-13600K Review - Best...			AoE4 1%, FarC6 6%, WatchDL 8%, RDR2 2%		9 %	Forza5 3%, Bord3 7%, BFV 10%, CPunk 3%, EldenR 7%, Civ6 53%, CSGO 40%, DoomE 3%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	88.4 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +9%	81.1 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	162 Pts		163 Pts	+1%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	313 Pts		320 Pts	+2%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	592 Pts		626 Pts	Slightly faster quad-core speed. +6%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	945 Pts		1157 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +22%


Memory OC Memory Latency	95.4 Pts	+3%	92.3 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	172 Pts		179 Pts	+4%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	338 Pts		356 Pts	Slightly faster OC dual-core speed. +5%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	661 Pts		694 Pts	+5%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1034 Pts		1318 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +27%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.3 %		0.57 %	Hugely higher market share. +90%
Value Value For Money	112 %	Slightly better value. +10%	102 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	90 %	More popular. +25%	72 %
Price Price (score)	$180	Cheaper. +28%	$249


Age Newest	36 Months	More recent. +12%	41 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watts		105 Watts	More energy efficient. +16%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		12 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads		24 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +50%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.9 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +5%	3.7 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.9 GHz	+2%	4.8 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1256 Pts		2290 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +82%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1165 Pts		2000 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +72%


Series CPU Architecture	Rocket Lake	Zen3
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1200	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 750	None

The i5-11600K is the best value "top tier" CPU in Intel’s 11th Gen Rocket Lake-S lineup. With a simple overclock it offers almost the same levels of performance as the 11900K. Rocket Lake brings higher IPC (early samples indicate +19%) which translates to around a 10% faster Effective Speed than both Intel's 10th Gen and AMD’s 5000 series. Despite Intel’s performance lead, AMD continues to outsell Intel. Given the scale of Intel's operation, it’s inexplicable that their marketing remains so neglected. Little effort is made to counter widespread disinformation such as: “it uses too much electricity” or the classic: “it needs more cores”. Intel’s marketing samples are routinely distributed to reviewers that appear better incentivized to bury Intel's products rather than review them. Not enabling XMP or only testing with BIOS power limits enabled is akin to leaving the handbrake on during a race. Mind-numbing “scientific” and rendering benchmarks are presented as gospel. Different games, mostly unplayed by real users, are cherry picked for each “review”. When it's convenient, canned game benchmarks are chosen such as Ulletical’s CSGO which runs at nearly double the in-game fps. Credible benchmark data, which necessarily includes replicable video footage from popular games, is the exception rather than the rule. At every release, AMD’s marketers coordinate narratives to ensure another feast of blue blubber. Nonetheless, towards the end of 2021, Intel’s Golden Cove is due to offer an additional 20-30% performance increase. At that time, with a net 30-40% performance lead, Intel will probably regain significant market share despite AMD's class-leading marketing. In the meantime, most PC gamers need look no further than the 11400F. ^{[Mar '21 CPUPro]}

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The Ryzen 9 5900X is second in AMD’s line-up of new Zen 3 CPUs. The 12-core hyper-threaded processor has base/boost clock speeds of 3.7/4.8 GHz, a 70 MB cache and a TDP of 105W. The 5900X took center stage in the 5000 series launch presentation where AMD gunned for Intel’s “best gaming CPU” crown. They showed the 5900X as being 26% better for gaming than the previous generation’s Ryzen 9 3900XT, attributing this to the new architecture’s faster single core speeds and lower latency. AMD also stated that the 5900X achieves, on average, 6.8% faster gaming performance than Intel’s 10-core i9-10900K. The details around AMD’s testing were not disclosed but it is safe to assume that 6.8% is the highest average lead that AMD are willing to stand by. Our benchmarks show that the 5900X’s slightly faster cores and the 10900K’s slightly lower memory latency balance out to yield similar performance. Whilst presenting their figures, AMD admitted that their 3000 series CPUs were far from “best for gaming” and conceded that the 10900K is approximately 19% faster than the 3900XT (our effective speed marks the gap at just 14%). Despite this clear performance deficiency, AMD supported 3000 series sales with an aggressive and successful marketing campaign to easily outsell Intel over the last 12 months. Given the real performance uplift observed in the 5000 series, and the absence of any meaningful marketing from Intel, we expect CPU sales to shift even further in AMD’s favour. Gamers that do not wish to pay “marketing fees” should investigate Intel’s $175 USD 11400F, the $660 USD savings would be far better spent on a higher tier GPU. ^{[Nov '20 CPUPro]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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