Intel Core i5-11600K Review

Rating: 8.5.

Following on from our i9-11900K review earlier today, Intel's mid-range i5-11600K is the next Rocket Lake chip to pass through our labs. This 6-core and 12-thread processor is priced at £270 here in the UK, taking the fight directly to AMD's highly regarded Ryzen 5 5600X. Can it do enough to oust the Ryzen 5 as the current hexa-core king?

i5-11600K specification:

• Socket: 1200
• Base Frequency: 3.90GHz
• Intel Smart Cache: 12M
• Cores / Threads: 6/12
• Memory speed support: 2933-3600MHz
• Intel Single Core Turbo frequency: 4.9GHz
• Intel Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Single core frequency: NA
• Intel Thermal Velocity Boost single / all core turbo frequency: NA
• Intel ALL core turbo frequency: 4.6GHz
• Max PCI-Express Lanes: 20
• PCI Gen 4.0 Support: YES
• Onboard Graphics: YES Intel UHD Graphics 750
• Integrated memory controller: Yes – Dual Channel
• TDP: 125W
• Intel SIPP: YES
• Intel vPro Technology: YES
• ISM: YES
• Intel Optane memory: YES
• Warranty: 3yr

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