Ryzen 5 5600X vs 11th Gen Core i9-11950H @ 2.60GHz

Short answer: which is best?

Ryzen 5 5600X is 24.4 % stronger than 11th Gen Core i9-11950H @ 2.60GHz. Ryzen 5 5600X ranks #48 of 103 measured processors at WhatFPS (8,083 CPU score over 3 verified runs). 11th Gen Core i9-11950H @ 2.60GHz ranks #73 of 103 measured processors at WhatFPS (6,495 CPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 4 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricRyzen 5 5600X11th Gen Core i9-11950H @ 2.60GHz
CPU score (the processor's own performance)8,0836,495
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)10,1173,675
Integer (MT)5 Gop/s3.7 Gop/s
Single-thread (1T)0.57 Gop/s0.5 Gop/s
Draw calls/s (DX11)10,374,0365,567,420
Cores / threads6 / 128 / 16
L3 cache32 MB24 MB

What the numbers mean

The CPU score is the processor's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the processor in, and leans heavily on the graphics card. A strong processor in a weak PC gets a low GAMING score without being worse. We show both and never mix them.

All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik

All measurements for Ryzen 5 5600X · All measurements for 11th Gen Core i9-11950H @ 2.60GHz