Intel Core i5-11600K CPU Review & Benchmarks: Gaming, Overclocking, Video Editing, & More
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Date: 2021-03-30
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PC_Modder
Personally I would spend even 100 more, just to get more efficient CPU with the same performance. My room gets HOT in summer and I do not have AC (peppeSadge). In fact, a lot of people don't have it in my country (Poland). Heating the room even more with less efficient hardware (Intel + nV now) is ludicrous idea for me. The differences can add up to power almost equal to small electric space heaters, even if at lower settings. Imagine running a space heater when you have 28-30 C ambient and low humidity in your room. It's not the brightest of ideas, isn't it?
100 watts difference (R5 5600X [ 70 watts] + RX 6800XT [ 280 watts] vs. 11600K [ 120-140 watts] + RTX3080 [ 320 watts]) may not sound like much but it is. I can run 2nd PC, with R9 5900X and GT1030, specifically for rendering large scenes on the CPU, AT THE SAME TIME, in roughly the overall same power budget. That's crazy! Not to mention that I have 3rd PC, girlfriend's PC in the same room. So add another 100W of difference on top of that. That's 100 watts saved with 3 PCs (2 work stations/gaming PC and 1 CPU render statio) compared to just 2 Intel+nV based PC with similar performance. And 200 watts when I turn off the rendering PC.
Also, I can easily set up 5600X to run at even lower power levels, without sacrificing much of its performance (especially single core/4K gaming). At 45 watts I can happily use stock heatsink too, even in hot days. 5600X 45 watts can run full throttle at 2 cores with no performance drop and with slight performance all core performance hit. But the same 45 watts is barely enough to sustain one Intel core, meaning if I would lower Intel's power, I most likely would:
a) not underpower it so much if at all (which would widen the power gap even more, to about 250 watts with 2 PCs running),
b) sacrifice A TON of performance, not only all-core but to some degree single core too.
That's why I don't see a point in saving a buck or two on the CPU just to spend more on the cooler (good aircooler or AIO for Intel vs. stock heatsink for AMD), more fans in the case, more powerful PSU and, on top of that, heating up the room in hot days :D
There could also be a point made for SFF builds, where even small differences can make really big swing in the end result. But I am not going into that.
Cheers, have a good day!
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Personally I would spend even 100 more, just to get more efficient CPU with the same performance. My room gets HOT in summer and I do not have AC (peppeSadge). In fact, a lot of people don't have it in my country (Poland). Heating the room even more with less efficient hardware (Intel + nV now) is ludicrous idea for me. The differences can add up to power almost equal to small electric space heaters, even if at lower settings. Imagine running a space heater when you have 28-30 C ambient and low humidity in your room. It's not the brightest of ideas, isn't it?
100 watts difference (R5 5600X [ 70 watts] + RX 6800XT [ 280 watts] vs. 11600K [ 120-140 watts] + RTX3080 [ 320 watts]) may not sound like much but it is. I can run 2nd PC, with R9 5900X and GT1030, specifically for rendering large scenes on the CPU, AT THE SAME TIME, in roughly the overall same power budget. That's crazy! Not to mention that I have 3rd PC, girlfriend's PC in the same room. So add another 100W of difference on top of that. That's 100 watts saved with 3 PCs (2 work stations/gaming PC and 1 CPU render statio) compared to just 2 Intel+nV based PC with similar performance. And 200 watts when I turn off the rendering PC.
Also, I can easily set up 5600X to run at even lower power levels, without sacrificing much of its performance (especially single core/4K gaming). At 45 watts I can happily use stock heatsink too, even in hot days. 5600X 45 watts can run full throttle at 2 cores with no performance drop and with slight performance all core performance hit. But the same 45 watts is barely enough to sustain one Intel core, meaning if I would lower Intel's power, I most likely would:
a) not underpower it so much if at all (which would widen the power gap even more, to about 250 watts with 2 PCs running),
b) sacrifice A TON of performance, not only all-core but to some degree single core too.
That's why I don't see a point in saving a buck or two on the CPU just to spend more on the cooler (good aircooler or AIO for Intel vs. stock heatsink for AMD), more fans in the case, more powerful PSU and, on top of that, heating up the room in hot days :D
There could also be a point made for SFF builds, where even small differences can make really big swing in the end result. But I am not going into that.
Cheers, have a good day!
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Jake
In Canada a 5600x is going for over 400 CAD ( If you can even find one), you can get a 10850k in stock for 499, silly to go AMD at these prices. 10th gen Intel has amazing value ATM. Anything less than a 5900x/5950x go Intel IMO. I see so many 5600x recommendations at the current prices, people seem to only remember that AMD is faster in gaming forgetting that its the 5900x/5950x and recommend a 5600x over a 10th gen 10 core i9 for similar prices. A 10850k isn't any slower today, and has 4 more cores.
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In Canada a 5600x is going for over 400 CAD ( If you can even find one), you can get a 10850k in stock for 499, silly to go AMD at these prices. 10th gen Intel has amazing value ATM. Anything less than a 5900x/5950x go Intel IMO. I see so many 5600x recommendations at the current prices, people seem to only remember that AMD is faster in gaming forgetting that its the 5900x/5950x and recommend a 5600x over a 10th gen 10 core i9 for similar prices. A 10850k isn't any slower today, and has 4 more cores.
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pkt1213
I think the 5600X is still a better entry value because it comes with the cooler. I think the 5800X should come with a cooler or be 400. It is crazy that the 11600k is pulling the same power as a 5950X. I see comments about the cost of electricity but I think more of how much heat has to be dissipated into a small case that might also be having to deal with a higher end graphics card. Also it might require a PSU upgrade.
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I think the 5600X is still a better entry value because it comes with the cooler. I think the 5800X should come with a cooler or be 400. It is crazy that the 11600k is pulling the same power as a 5950X. I see comments about the cost of electricity but I think more of how much heat has to be dissipated into a small case that might also be having to deal with a higher end graphics card. Also it might require a PSU upgrade.
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Eiszapfen
Who is still gaming in 1080p? and why? Do you guys still use 19 monitors? Are your eyes that bad? Because at 24 low resolution starts to be noticeable. Especially in games with much foliage like grass and trees. I call this issue, visual noise.
Anti Aliasing doesn't really fix that issue, in fact it introduces issues on its own, like worse picture quality. Increasing the resolution is the only real fix to that.
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Who is still gaming in 1080p? and why? Do you guys still use 19 monitors? Are your eyes that bad? Because at 24 low resolution starts to be noticeable. Especially in games with much foliage like grass and trees. I call this issue, visual noise.
Anti Aliasing doesn't really fix that issue, in fact it introduces issues on its own, like worse picture quality. Increasing the resolution is the only real fix to that.
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nommindymple
20:48 - TWICE the power consumption of a 5600X (and that's before the motherboard manufacturers get to it and set their default settings to double the power levels yet again). If you could buy a 5600X, you could CPU mine something like Monero for the power budget of just running the 11600K without a miner. I guess regular people aren't going to be able to buy AMD parts of any kind any time soon.
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20:48 - TWICE the power consumption of a 5600X (and that's before the motherboard manufacturers get to it and set their default settings to double the power levels yet again). If you could buy a 5600X, you could CPU mine something like Monero for the power budget of just running the 11600K without a miner. I guess regular people aren't going to be able to buy AMD parts of any kind any time soon.
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Chris
11700K is a laughing stock.
On the other hand, I am hyped with 11600K (or KF). It is about 25% cheaper than Ryzen 5600X.
Assuming my friend had acquired a GPU, I would not hesitate to recommend this card (despite the power consumption; I suppose it's AMD that is crazily efficient instead of Intel CPU being power-hungry).
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11700K is a laughing stock.
On the other hand, I am hyped with 11600K (or KF). It is about 25% cheaper than Ryzen 5600X.
Assuming my friend had acquired a GPU, I would not hesitate to recommend this card (despite the power consumption; I suppose it's AMD that is crazily efficient instead of Intel CPU being power-hungry).
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Tony_in_PA
A total cost of ownership comparison between the 5600X and 11600K would be interesting. Using average number of hours gaming, cost per kW-hr and life of the system it should be possible to compare energy usage over the life of the system. Also need to factor in if a more expensive cooler is needed for the 11600K.
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A total cost of ownership comparison between the 5600X and 11600K would be interesting. Using average number of hours gaming, cost per kW-hr and life of the system it should be possible to compare energy usage over the life of the system. Also need to factor in if a more expensive cooler is needed for the 11600K.
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OchaTime
I was looking to bump myself up to 5600x last week, ended up having to shell out for a 5800x instead because 5600x is, always, immediately gone when it gets restocked. Which is to be expected when you get that performance at that price. So now I won't have to upgrade my PC for five years instead of three. Yay...
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I was looking to bump myself up to 5600x last week, ended up having to shell out for a 5800x instead because 5600x is, always, immediately gone when it gets restocked. Which is to be expected when you get that performance at that price. So now I won't have to upgrade my PC for five years instead of three. Yay...
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eeefeefeffasdf
I found it really weird you would include CPUs like the 2700x or 3600, but not the i510600k for some tests. I think that end -over-end generational comparison would be far more important than showing CPUs that really wouldnt be considered as alternatives, or at least arent the direct competition
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I found it really weird you would include CPUs like the 2700x or 3600, but not the i510600k for some tests. I think that end -over-end generational comparison would be far more important than showing CPUs that really wouldnt be considered as alternatives, or at least arent the direct competition
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itech
The 5600x has been in stock 99% of the time for 300 direct from AMD for almost 2 months now. Dont use Crapazon for price points. Also you'll easily make up the price difference in 6 months in power savings from the 5600x over the 11600K right now. The entire 11th gen seems to be a huge waste of sand.
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The 5600x has been in stock 99% of the time for 300 direct from AMD for almost 2 months now. Dont use Crapazon for price points. Also you'll easily make up the price difference in 6 months in power savings from the 5600x over the 11600K right now. The entire 11th gen seems to be a huge waste of sand.
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