Intel Core i5-11600 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-05

The Intel Core i5-11600 has 6 cores with 12 threads and is based on the 11. gen of the Intel Core i5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1200 socket and was released in Q1/2021. The Intel Core i5-11600 scores 1,574 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 7,422 points.

CPU lineage
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Name:	Intel Core i5-11600
Family:	Intel Core i5 (331)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 11000 (22)
Architecture:	Rocket Lake S
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	11
Predecessor:	Intel Core i5-10600
Successor:	Intel Core i5-12600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-11600 has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-11600 is 2.80 GHz (4.80 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	6 / 12
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	6x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.80 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	4.80 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores):	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-11600 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i5-11600 uses the Intel UHD Graphics 750, which has 256 texture shaders and 32 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel UHD Graphics 750
GPU frequency:	0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.30 GHz
Compute units:	32
Shader:	256
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q1/2021

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	12
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	64 GB
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	Decode
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR4-3200	51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory:	128 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth:	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	65 W
TDP (PL2):	154 W / 56 s
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-11600 is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 15.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 1200
L2-Cache:	3.00 MB
L3-Cache:	12.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date:	Q1/2021
Release price:	213 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	--

Intel Core i5-11600
6C 12T @ 2.80 GHz (4.80 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-11600 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1517
	Intel Core i7-11370H 4C 8T @ 4.80 GHz	1517
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	1510
	Intel Core i5-11600 6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz	1508
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24C 48T @ 4.50 GHz	1508
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX 12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz	1508
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 16C 32T @ 4.50 GHz	1508

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-11370H 4C 8T @ 4.80 GHz	1578
	Intel Core i7-1185G7 4C 8T @ 4.80 GHz	1578
	Intel Core i3-1210U 6C 8T @ 4.40 GHz	1575
	Intel Core i5-11600 6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz	1574
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy 8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz	1573
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1572
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5645 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1570

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5750GE 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	7440
	Intel Core i9-10885H 8C 16T @ 2.40 GHz	7436
	Intel Core i5-11500 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	7430
	Intel Core i5-11600 6C 12T @ 2.80 GHz	7422
	Intel Xeon E-2336 6C 12T @ 2.90 GHz	7422
	Intel Core i7-9700KF 8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz	7421
	Intel Core i7-9700K 8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz	7421

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12C 24T @ 4.70 GHz	2130
	Intel Core i9-11950H 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	2129
	Intel Core i9-11980HK 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	2129
	Intel Core i5-11600 6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz	2127
	Intel Core i7-11700T 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	2127
	Intel Core i3-1305U 5C 6T @ 4.50 GHz	2124
	Intel Core i3-1315U 6C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	2124

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz	8053
	AMD Ryzen 5 5500 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	8027
	AMD Ryzen 7 7735U 8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz	8020
	Intel Core i5-11600 6C 12T @ 2.80 GHz	7996
	AMD Ryzen 7 7736U 8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz	7967
	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 2.70 GHz	7966
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	7965

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 @ 1.35 GHz	691
	Intel Xeon W-11865MRE Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.35 GHz	691
	Intel Xeon W-10885M Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.25 GHz	667
	Intel Core i5-11600 Intel UHD Graphics 750 @ 1.30 GHz	666
	Intel Xeon E-2388G Intel UHD Graphics P750 @ 1.30 GHz	666
	Intel Xeon E-2378G Intel UHD Graphics P750 @ 1.30 GHz	666
	Intel Xeon E-2374G Intel UHD Graphics P750 @ 1.30 GHz	666

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	18267
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700S 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	18226
	Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4 12C 24T @ 3.20 GHz	18221
	Intel Core i5-11600 6C 12T @ 2.80 GHz	18195
	Intel Xeon Silver 4214R 12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz	18189
	Intel Xeon W-2145 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	18183
	Intel Xeon Gold 5120T 14C 28T @ 2.60 GHz	18139

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Xeon E-2286M 8C 16T @ 2.40 GHz	4421
	Intel Core i7-6900K 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	4402
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	4398
	Intel Core i5-11600 6C 12T @ 2.80 GHz	4383
	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 8C 16T @ 1.90 GHz	4314
	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	4301
	Intel Core i7-10870H 8C 16T @ 2.20 GHz	4299

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
586 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,042 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
516 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
733 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
249 entries

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