Intel Core i7-11800H vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Intel Core i7-11800H
Intel BGA1499MOBILE
2300 MHz / Cores: 8 / May 2021
Intel Core i7-11800H
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2018
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-11800H

60 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Core i7-11800H

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-11800H

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-11800HAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
AVX-512
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 3.0
3DNow!
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
XFR

Architecture

Intel Core i7-11800HAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
ArchitectureIntel Rocket LakevsAMD Zen+
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHzvsDDR4
CodenameTiger Lake-HvsZen
Release DateMay 2021vsMar 2018

Cores

Intel Core i7-11800HAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Cores8vs6
Threads16vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 750vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-11800HAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs96 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1.25MB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache24MB (shared)vs16384 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-11800HAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
SocketIntel BGA1499vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-BGA1499vsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs192mm²
Process10 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-11800HAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Cpu Frequency2300 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4600 MHzvs4250 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP35 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-11800H
    5520 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    4675 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-11800H
    26496 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    28987 points

Points - higher is better