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Intel Core i5-11600K: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

Intel started Intel Core i5-11600K sales 16 March 2021. This is Rocket Lake architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 6 cores and 12 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 4900 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 1200 processor with a TDP of 125 Watt and a maximum temperature of 72 °C. It supports DDR4-3200 memory.

It provides poor benchmark performance at 22.79 percent of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 7763.

General info

Of Core i5-11600K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in our rating

149

Value for money (0-100)

10.35

Market segment

Desktop processor

Architecture codename

Rocket Lake

Launch date

16 March 2021 (less than a year ago)

Price now

$347

of 14999 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores

6 (Hexa-Core)

Threads

Base clock speed

3.9 GHz

of 4.7 (FX-9590)

Boost clock speed

4.9 GHz

of 5.3 (Core i9-10900KF)

L1 cache

64K (per core)

of 896 (Atom C3950)

L2 cache

256K (per core)

of 12288 (Core 2 Quad Q9550)

L3 cache

12 MB (shared)

of 32 (Ryzen Threadripper 1998)

Chip lithography

14 nm

of 5 (Apple M1)

Maximum core temperature

100 °C

of 110 (Atom x7-E3950)

Maximum case temperature (TCase)

72 °C

of 105 (Core i7-5557U)

64 bit support

Unlocked multiplier

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-11600K compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one.

Number of CPUs in a configuration

of 8 (Opteron 842)

Socket

1200

Thermal design power (TDP)

125 Watt

of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i5-11600K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2

AES-NI

AVX

vPro

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)

Turbo Boost Technology

2.0

Hyper-Threading Technology

Idle States

Thermal Monitoring

SIPP

Turbo Boost Max 3.0

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

EDB

Secure Key

Identity Protection

SGX

OS Guard

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V

VT-d

VT-x

EPT

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i5-11600K's memory controller.

Supported memory types

DDR4-3200

of 4266 (Ryzen 9 4900H)

Maximum memory size

128 GB

of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)

Max memory channels

of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)

Maximum memory bandwidth

50 GB/s

of 281.6 (Xeon Platinum 9221)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of GPU integrated into Core i5-11600K.

Integrated graphics card

Intel UHD Graphics 750

Max video memory

64 GB

Quick Sync Video

Clear Video

Clear Video HD

Graphics max frequency

1.3 GHz

Execution Units

InTru 3D

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-11600K's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-11600K's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4

4096x2160@60Hz

Max resolution over eDP

5120 x 3200 @60Hz

Max resolution over DisplayPort

5120 x 3200 @60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-11600K's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

12.1

OpenGL

4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version

4.0

of 3 (Core i7-7700K)

PCI Express lanes

of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i5-11600K. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

22.79

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

9745

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

49408

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

2.87

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

19.3

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

242

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core (sometimes called Multi-Thread) is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

1738

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

7850

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to encode a sample Full HD (1080p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.

299

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.

101

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

9.7

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single core performance.

19983

Game benchmarks

Let's see how good Core i5-11600K is for a gaming PC, compared with system requirements of some popular titles. Remember that sometimes official hardware requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.