Intel Rocket Lake-S Review: Only 8 cores for the Core i9-11900K

All new? A lot of information about the Rocket Lake-S processors has already been made public, and now we make our own contribution. Whether or not Intel manages to overcome the 2-core deficit with its top-end model? Moreover, we also got our hands on the fastest 6-core chip from the new generation. Read our review to learn what kind of performance the new chips offer and whether or not AMD needs to start preparing for the worst.

Sebastian Bade (translated by Stanislav Kokhanyuk), Published 03/30/2021 🇩🇪 🇷🇺

Rocket Lake-S - Performance (source: Intel)

Rocket Lake-S - Features (source: Intel)

Rocket Lake-S - Microarchitecture (source: Intel)

The specifications sheets of the new Rocket Lake-S CPUs deserve more than a cursory look. Despite the fact that Rocket Lake-S processors are still manufactured on the 14-nm node, a lot has changed under the heat spreader. The old Skylake architecture has been supplanted by the new Sunny Cove architecture. We have already seen Sunny Cove cores in Intel’s Ice Lake-based mobile chips. One of the features of the new architecture is a larger L2 cache. Each core has gotten a bit larger, which is why the die size has increased. What is more, Intel has reworked the integrated graphics chip. It is now based on the Intel Iris Xe architecture and takes up a little more space. This is why this generation’s top-end model features only 8 cores. For comparison, the Intel Core i9-10900K offered 10 cores.

In this review, we are going to examine the Intel Core i9-11900K and the Intel Core i5-11600K. Both are K SKUs, which means that they come with an unlocked multiplier. Moreover, both chips come with integrated GPUs. The well-known naming scheme is preserved with this generation. There are also models without an iGPU and with a locked multiplier, which makes overclocking basically impossible. The current Rocket Lake generation still uses the LGA 1200 socket. Intel has also released a new high-end chipset (Z590) for its new CPUs. However, the new processors can be used with older 400-series motherboards as well, provided you get a BIOS update. Whether or not older boards will support new features will depend on the board maker. The only sure-fire way to get all the new features is to get the latest motherboard. This way, you will definitely be able to take advantage of the 20 PCIe 4.0 lanes that the CPUs offer. The lower-end chipsets have the following names: H570, B560 and H510. The main difference between the chipsets is memory overclocking, which is supported by all chipsets, except the H510.

In the table below, you can see the most important Rocket Lake-S chips that Intel has released.

Overview of the Rocket Lake-S Core CPUs

Model	Core/thread count	Base clock	Turbo boost 2.0	Turbo boost 3.0	TVB 1C/xC	All core boost	Memory	Graphics	TDP	Price (MSRP)
Core i9-11900K	8/16	3.5 GHz	5.1 GHz	5.3 GHz	5.3 / 4.8 GHz	4.7 GHz	DDR4-3200	UHD 750	125 watts	€629
Core i9-11900KF	8/16	3.5 GHz	5.1 GHz	5.2 GHz	5.3 / 4.8 GHz	4.7 GHz	DDR4-3200	-	125 watts	€599
Core i9-11900	8/16	2.5 GHz	5.0 GHz	5.1 GHz	5.2 / 4.7 GHz	4.6 GHz	DDR4-3200	UHD 750	65 watts	€509
Core i9-11900F	8/16	2.5 GHz	5.0 GHz	5.1 GHz	5.2 / 4.7 GHz	4.6 GHz	DDR4-3200	-	65 watts	€479
Core i9-11900T	8/16	1.5 GHz	4.8 GHz	4.9 GHz	-	3.7 GHz	DDR4-3200	UHD 750	35 watts	TBD

Core i7-11700K	8/16	3.6 GHz	4.9 GHz	5.0 GHz	-	4.6 GHz	DDR4-3200	UHD 750	125 watts	€469
Core i7-11700KF	8/16	3.6 GHz	4.9 GHz	5.0 GHz	-	4.6 GHz	DDR4-3200	-	125 watts	€439
Core i7-11700	8/16	2.5 GHz	4.8 GHz	4.9 GHz	-	4.4 GHz	DDR4-3200	UHD 750	65 watts	€379
Core i7-11700F	8/16	2.5 GHz	4.8 GHz	4.9 GHz	-	4.4 GHz	DDR4-3200	-	65 watts	TBD
Core i7-11700T	8/16	1.4 GHz	4.5 GHz	4.6 GHz	-	3.6 GHz	DDR4-3200	UHD 750	35 watts	TBD

Core i5-11600K	6/12	3.9 GHz	4.9 GHz	-	-	4.6 GHz	DDR4-3200	UHD 750	125 watts	€299
Core i5-11600KF	6/12	3.9 GHz	4.9 GHz	-	-	4.6 GHz	DDR4-3200	-	125 Watt	watts
Core i5-11600	6/12	2.8 GHz	4.8 GHz	-	-	4.3 GHz	DDR4-3200	UHD 750	65 watts	€259
Core i5-11600T	6/12	1.7 GHz	4.1 GHz	-	-	3.5 GHz	DDR4-3200	UHD 750	35 watts	TBD
Core i5-11500	6/12	2.7 GHz	4.6 GHz	-	-	4.2 GHz	DDR4-3200	UHD 750	65 watts	€229
Core i5-11500T	6/12	1.5 GHz	3.9 GHz	-	-	3.4 GHz	DDR4-3200	UHD 750	35 watts	TBD
Core i5-11400	6/12	2.6 GHz	4.4 GHz	-	-	4.2 GHz	DDR4-3200	UHD 730	65 watts	€209
Core i5-11400F	6/12	2.6 GHz	4.4 GHz	-	-	4.2 GHz	DDR4-3200	-	65 watts	€179
Core i5-11400T	6/12	1.3 GHz	3.7 GHz	-	-	3.3 GHz	DDR4-3200	UHD 730	35 watts	TBD

Our Test System

We used the following hardware to perform our benchmarks and tests:

Raijintek Paean Benchtable
Intel Core i9-11900K, Intel Core i5-11600K
Asus Z590 ROG Maximus XIII Hero
Alphacool Eisbear 280 AiO
Nvidia Titan RTX
Corsair HX 1200X (power supply)
Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB (2x 16GB - DDR4-3200)
Intel Optane 905p
Microsoft Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit (Version 20H2)

Intel provided us with both CPUs, the RAM and the new Z590 motherboard. The Raijintek Paean bench comes from Caseking. For cooling we used the Alphacool Eisbear 280 AiO, which we received from Alphacool.

Intel Core i9-11900K and Intel Core i5-11600K

Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB (2x 16GB - DDR4-3200)

CPU Benchmarks

Intel Core i9-11900K vs. Cinebench R15 1T

Intel Core i5-11600K vs. Cinebench R15 1T

When compared to Comet Lake-S chips, Rocket Lake-S CPUs are considerably more capable, which is quite surprising, given the fact that the Rocket Lake-S processors are manufactured using the same 14-nm node. AMD is much farther ahead with the 7-nm node. To make things fairer for Intel, we only included 6- and 8-core AMD processors in this review. However, in this direct comparison, AMD comes out ahead. AMD’s 6- and 8-core processors outperform their Intel counterparts. Nevertheless, it was still important for Intel to make these chips in order to narrow the considerable performance gap that existed between Comet Lake-S parts and Zen 3 processors. Now the Intel chips are only 5% behind their AMD counterparts, according to our cumulative synthetic benchmark results.

Now, we have to mention that the generational jump in performance is quite considerable. The Intel Core i9-10900K is able to beat the Core i9-11900K only in a few multi-core benchmarks. However, the gap in multi-core performance is very small, which is why the Core i9-11900K is an overall more capable chip. In our view, Intel has managed to overcome the 2-core deficit quite gracefully, especially given the fact that the Core i9-11900K provides up to 20% more performance in single-core workloads. It is worth mentioning that AMD offers 12- and 16-core CPUs in the consumer space. This is why it has a considerable performance lead here. To keep up with AMD in this area, Intel will have to switch to a smaller node so that it could produce processors with more cores on the die of the same size.

Intel Core i5-11600K

Intel Core i9-11900K

Performance Rating - Percent
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	56.1 pt
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	54.1 pt
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	53.3 pt
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	50.8 pt
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	49 pt
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	43.5 pt

Cinebench R15
CPU Single 64Bit
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	266 Points +2%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	262 Points
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	254 Points -3%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	242 Points -8%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	224 Points -15%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	205 Points -22%
CPU Multi 64Bit
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	2620 Points +8%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	2616 Points +7%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	2436 Points
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	1968 Points -19%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	1738 Points -29%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	1452 Points -40%

Cinebench R20
CPU (Single Core)
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	647 Points
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	625 Points -3%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	601 Points -7%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	595 Points -8%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	532 Points -18%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	464 Points -28%
CPU (Multi Core)
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	6381 Points +6%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	6068 Points +1%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	5997 Points
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	4567 Points -24%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	4349 Points -27%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	3443 Points -43%

Cinebench R11.5
CPU Single 64Bit
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	3.1 Points
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	3.09 Points 0%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	2.95 Points -5%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	2.87 Points -7%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	2.56 Points -17%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	2.19 Points -29%
CPU Multi 64Bit
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	29.31 Points +10%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	29.03 Points +8%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	26.76 Points
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	21.75 Points -19%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	19.32 Points -28%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	15.76 Points -41%

Cinebench R10
Rendering Single CPUs 64Bit
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	14149 Points
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	13039 Points -8%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	12957 Points -8%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	12563 Points -11%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	10625 Points -25%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	9594 Points -32%
Rendering Multiple CPUs 64Bit
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	83426 Points +3%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	80613 Points
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	80495 Points 0%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	69545 Points -14%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	64663 Points -20%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	51816 Points -36%

Blender - v2.79 BMW27 CPU
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	302.4 Seconds * -59%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	264.5 Seconds * -39%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	260.2 Seconds * -37%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	196.8 Seconds * -3%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	190.3 Seconds *
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	167.3 Seconds * +12%

wPrime 2.10
32m
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	4.919 s * -24%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	4.648 s * -17%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	3.982 s *
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	3.891 s * +2%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	3.582 s * +10%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	3.037 s * +24%
1024m
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	113.9 s * -46%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	113.2 s * -45%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	107.6 s * -38%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	86.1 s * -11%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	77.9 s *
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	66.3 s * +15%

X264 HD Benchmark 4.0
Pass 1
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	339 (338^min - 341^max) fps +10%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	320 (319^min - 321^max) fps +3%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	309.5 (308^min - 311^max) fps
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	299 (294^min - 299^max) fps -3%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	289.5 (289^min - 291^max) fps -6%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	251.5 (250^min - 253^max) fps -19%
Pass 2
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	152 (151^min - 152^max) fps +11%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	149 (149^min - 149^max) fps +9%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	137 (137^min - 137^max) fps
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	117 (117^min - 117^max) fps -15%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	101 (101^min - 101^max) fps -26%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	88.2 (88^min - 88.2^max) fps -36%

WinRAR - Result
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	15604 KB/s +73%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	13282 KB/s +47%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	9739 KB/s +8%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	9030 KB/s
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	7850 KB/s -13%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	6536 KB/s -28%

TrueCrypt
AES Mean 100MB
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	15 GB/s +15%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	14.6 GB/s +12%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	13 GB/s
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	10.7 GB/s -18%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	9.7 GB/s -25%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	8 GB/s -38%
Twofish Mean 100MB
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	2.6 GB/s +37%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	2 GB/s +5%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	1.9 GB/s
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	1.5 GB/s -21%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	1.5 GB/s -21%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	1.4 GB/s -26%
Serpent Mean 100MB
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	1.5 GB/s +25%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	1.3 GB/s +8%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	1.2 GB/s
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	0.938 GB/s -22%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	0.9 GB/s -25%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	0.82 GB/s -32%

Geekbench 5.5
Multi-Core
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	11414 Points +3%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	11354 Points +3%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	11035 Points
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	8980 Points -19%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	8523 Points -23%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	7248 Points -34%
Single-Core
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	1885 Points
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	1752 Points -7%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	1665 Points -12%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	1657 Points -12%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	1449 Points -23%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	1286 Points -32%

Geekbench 5.0
5.0 Multi-Core
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	11407 Points +4%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	11246 Points +2%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	11008 Points
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	8926 Points -19%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	8542 Points -22%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	7237 Points -34%
5.0 Single-Core
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	1863 Points
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	1731 Points -7%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	1673 Points -10%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	1587 Points -15%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	1440 Points -23%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	1281 Points -31%

Geekbench 4.4
64 Bit Single-Core Score
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	7976 Points
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	7438 Points -7%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	7333 Points -8%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	6953 Points -13%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	6348 Points -20%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	5821 Points -27%
64 Bit Multi-Core Score
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	44131 Points +4%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	43058 Points +2%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	42329 Points
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	35617 Points -16%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	33266 Points -21%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	28391 Points -33%

3DMark 11 - 1280x720 Performance Physics
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	23381 Points +10%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	22140 Points +5%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	21175 Points
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	19649 Points -7%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	17381 Points -18%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	15961 Points -25%

7-Zip 18.03
7z b 4
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	74306 MIPS +18%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	70968 MIPS +13%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	62746 MIPS
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	56607 MIPS -10%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	45322 MIPS -28%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	40379 MIPS -36%
7z b 4 -mmt1
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	6970 MIPS +5%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	6652 MIPS
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	6594 MIPS -1%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	6136 MIPS -8%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	5954 MIPS -10%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	5289 MIPS -20%

HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - 4k Preset
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	21 fps +6%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	20.8 fps +5%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	19.8 fps
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	15.7 fps -21%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	14.7 fps -26%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	12.2 fps -38%

R Benchmark 2.5 - Overall mean
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	0.593 sec * -25%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	0.528 sec * -12%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	0.506 sec * -7%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	0.4778 sec * -1%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	0.4733 sec *
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	0.4509 sec * +5%

LibreOffice - 20 Documents To PDF
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	76 s * -5%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	72.5 s *
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	46.06 s * +36%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	45.14 s * +38%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	43.31 s * +40%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	39.7 s * +45%

WebXPRT 3 - Overall
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	296 Points +36%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	286 Points +32%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	280 Points +29%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	255 Points +18%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	239 Points +10%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	217 Points

Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	760 ms * -40%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	709 ms * -30%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	587 ms * -8%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	578 ms * -6%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	558 ms * -3%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	544 ms *

3DMark
3840x2160 Fire Strike Ultra Physics
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	31095 Points +12%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	29374 Points +6%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	27685 Points
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	26038 Points -6%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	23190 Points -16%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	19942 Points -28%
1920x1080 Fire Strike Physics
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	30938 Points +7%
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	29805 Points +3%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	28927 Points
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	25990 Points -10%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	22631 Points -22%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	20040 Points -31%
2560x1440 Time Spy CPU
Intel Core i9-10900K i9-10900K, 3700 MHz	14326 Points +7%
Intel Core i9-11900K i9-11900K, 3500 MHz	13433 Points
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X R7 5800X, 3800 MHz	11599 Points -14%
Intel Core i5-11600K i5-11600K, 3900 MHz	9482 Points -29%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X R5 5600X, 3700 MHz	8911 Points -34%
Intel Core i5-10600K i5-10600K, 4100 MHz	8290 Points -38%

* ... smaller is better

Rocket Lake-S vs. Cinebench R15 Multi-Core Loop

In the first stress test, both chips hold up very well. The octa-core i9-11900K is beaten by the deca-core i9-10900K, but only by a small margin. The battle between the Core i5 models is fairer. This is why the Core i5-11600K is able to significantly outperform the Core i5-10600K.

Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K, Intel Core i9-11900K: Ø2414 (2368.69-2445.74)

Intel Core i5-11600K Intel Core i5-11600K, Intel Core i5-11600K: Ø1732 (1712.77-1749.02)

Intel Core i9-10900K Intel Core i9-10900K, Intel Core i9-10900K: Ø2598 (2576.32-2623.98)

Intel Core i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K, Intel Core i5-10600K: Ø1408 (1402.92-1413.73)

Intel Core i9-9900KS, Nvidia Titan RTX Intel Core i9-9900KS, Intel Core i9-9900KS: Ø1952 (1736.19-2159.71)

Intel Core i7-10700K Intel Core i7-10700K, Intel Core i7-10700K: Ø2010 (1996.11-2018.37)

Productivity Benchmarks

PCMark 10 | SPECviewperf 12 | SPECviewperf 13

PCMark 10 - Score
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	8270 Points +7%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	8252 Points +7%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	7745 Points
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	7740 Points 0%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	7641 Points -1%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	7512 Points -3%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	7279 Points -6%

SPECviewperf 12
1900x1060 Solidworks (sw-03)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	199.1 fps +9%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	194 fps +7%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	182 fps
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	172.2 fps -5%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	171 fps -6%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	168.3 fps -8%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	158.2 fps -13%
1900x1060 Siemens NX (snx-02)
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	274.5 fps +12%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	266.3 fps +9%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	266 fps +9%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	263.3 fps +7%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	259.1 fps +6%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	251 fps +2%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	245 fps
1900x1060 Showcase (showcase-01)
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	203 fps
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	202 fps 0%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	196.1 fps -3%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	194.1 fps -4%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	192.4 fps -5%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	191.9 fps -5%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	190.6 fps -6%
1900x1060 Medical (medical-01)
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	94.6 fps +8%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	94.5 fps +8%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	93.7 fps +7%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	88.7 fps +1%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	88.4 fps +1%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	88.3 fps +1%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	87.8 fps
1900x1060 Maya (maya-04)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	233.8 fps +17%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	226 fps +14%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	199 fps
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	188.7 fps -5%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	186 fps -7%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	183 fps -8%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	169.4 fps -15%
1900x1060 Energy (energy-01)
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	28.77 fps +2%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	28.72 fps +2%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	28.55 fps +1%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	28.3 fps 0%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	28.2 fps
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	27.85 fps -1%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	27.75 fps -2%
1900x1060 Creo (creo-01)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	175.2 fps +1%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	173 fps
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	169.7 fps -2%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	164 fps -5%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	157.2 fps -9%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	153.4 fps -11%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	142.7 fps -18%
1900x1060 Catia (catia-04)
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	269 fps
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	267.4 fps -1%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	263.4 fps -2%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	251 fps -7%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	225.2 fps -16%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	215.5 fps -20%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	212.9 fps -21%
1900x1060 3ds Max (3dsmax-05)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	299.9 fps +4%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	297.4 fps +3%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	296.9 fps +3%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	296 fps +2%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	293.2 fps +1%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	289 fps
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	288 fps 0%

SPECviewperf 13
Solidworks (sw-04)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	199.9 fps +1%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	198 fps
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	195.1 fps -1%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	185 fps -7%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	166.2 fps -16%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	162.6 fps -18%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	153.9 fps -22%
Siemens NX (snx-03)
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	494.5 fps +10%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	481.9 fps +7%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	480.1 fps +7%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	472.9 fps +5%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	469.1 fps +4%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	453 fps +1%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	450 fps
Showcase (showcase-02)
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	195.1 fps +1%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	194.5 fps 0%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	194.1 fps 0%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	194 fps
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	193 fps -1%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	192 fps -1%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	190.8 fps -2%
Medical (medical-02)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	90.8 fps +1%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	90.6 fps +1%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	90.6 fps +1%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	90 fps
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	90 fps 0%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	89.7 fps 0%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	88.7 fps -1%
Maya (maya-05)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	459.6 fps +1%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	454 fps
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	453.6 fps 0%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	449 fps -1%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	411.5 fps -9%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	405.9 fps -11%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	387.5 fps -15%
Energy (energy-02)
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	53.9 fps 0%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	53.7 fps
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	53.3 fps -1%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	53.2 fps -1%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	52.4 fps -2%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	52.3 fps -3%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	52.2 fps -3%
Creo (creo-02)
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	355 fps
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	354 fps 0%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	353.3 fps 0%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	353.3 fps 0%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	350 fps -1%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	336.3 fps -5%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	331.7 fps -7%
Catia (catia-05)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	427.8 fps +3%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	415.1 fps 0%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	415 fps
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	397 fps -4%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	362.1 fps -13%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	342.8 fps -17%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	341.7 fps -18%
3ds Max (3dsmax-06)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX	298.8 fps +4%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX	297.6 fps +4%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	294.4 fps +3%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	292.5 fps +2%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX	290.8 fps +1%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX	288 fps 0%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX	287 fps

Gaming Benchmarks

Intel Core i9-11900K vs. Intel Corei9-10900K

Intel Core i5-11600K vs. Intel Corei5-10600K

Now we turn to gaming performance, Intel’s strong suit. Not that long ago, before the arrival of Zen 3 parts, Intel was king when it came to gaming performance. Unfortunately, Rocket Lake-S chips fail to reclaim the gaming crown. The Intel Core i9-11900K takes third place in our suite of gaming benchmarks. However, the difference in performance between the Intel Core i9-11900K and the Ryzen 7 5800X is so small that virtually no one ever is going to be able to notice any difference between them in actual gameplay. Both chips here go toe-to-toe with each other, which is a good thing for consumers.

The lower-end Intel Core i5-11600K has made some serious progress. Nevertheless, it only manages to take fourth place in our suite of gaming benchmarks. However, the performance gap between the Core i5-11600K and the Ryzen 5 5600X is so vanishingly small that we cannot declare a clear winner here.

Both Rocket Lake-S chips are superb gaming CPUs. The Intel Core i9-11900K is able to achieve high frame rates in CPU-bound titles, because it offers a high level of IPC performance. In GPU-limited titles, the graphics card represents the main bottleneck, which is why CPU performance in such games is not as important. Only a very small number of video games can fully leverage CPUs with a huge core count. Here, consumers have to decide for themselves what is important to them. Nevertheless, the price and the availability also have to be taken into account.

Performance Rating - Percent
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X ^-2! NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	98.2 pt
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X ^-2! NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	95.5 pt
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	95.3 pt
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	91 pt
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	90.8 pt
Intel Core i7-10700K ^-4! NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	88.4 pt
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	83.6 pt

Borderlands 3
1280x720 Very Low Overall Quality (DX11)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	221 fps +11%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	214 fps +7%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	200 fps
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	191.1 fps -4%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	188 fps -6%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	183 fps -8%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	166 fps -17%
1920x1080 Badass Overall Quality (DX11)
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	118 fps
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	117 fps -1%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	117 fps -1%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	117 fps -1%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	116 fps -2%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	115 fps -3%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	114 fps -3%

Metro Exodus
1280x720 Low Quality AF:4x
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	251 (133.65^min - 406.67^max) fps +10%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	236 (118.48^min - 380.23^max) fps +4%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	228 (127.65^min - 337.61^max) fps
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	220 (124.13^min - 328.3^max) fps -4%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	212 (118.78^min - 321.23^max) fps -7%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	210 fps -8%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	210 (112.73^min - 312.21^max) fps -8%
1920x1080 Ultra Quality AF:16x
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	111 (54.82^min - 183.28^max) fps +5%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	109 (54.08^min - 184.88^max) fps +3%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	109 (55.97^min - 176.52^max) fps +3%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	107 (52.63^min - 189.04^max) fps +1%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	106 (52.28^min - 186.95^max) fps 0%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	106 (53.75^min - 171.59^max) fps
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	105 (52.3^min - 170.91^max) fps -1%

Far Cry New Dawn
1280x720 Low Preset
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	178 (137^min - 252^max) fps
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	168 (127^min - 244^max) fps -6%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	166 (110^min - 256^max) fps -7%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	164 (125^min - 236^max) fps -8%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	164 (119^min - 254^max) fps -8%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	151 (114^min - 207^max) fps -15%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	147 (112^min - 212^max) fps -17%
1920x1080 Ultra Preset
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	135 (99^min - 206^max) fps
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	129 (93^min - 200^max) fps -4%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	126 (89^min - 199^max) fps -7%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	124 (84^min - 203^max) fps -8%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	123 (82^min - 205^max) fps -9%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	109 (77^min - 171^max) fps -19%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	98 (70^min - 139^max) fps -27%

Forza Horizon 4
1280x720 Very Low Preset
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	251 fps
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	246 fps -2%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	236 fps -6%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	222 fps -12%
1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:2xMS
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	193 fps +1%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	192 fps
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	189 fps -2%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	187 fps -3%

Far Cry 5
1280x720 Low Preset AA:T
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	212 (165^min - 280^max) fps
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	207 (163^min - 285^max) fps -2%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	200 (150^min - 272^max) fps -6%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	199 (160^min - 261^max) fps -6%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	193 (151^min - 263^max) fps -9%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	193 (151^min - 259^max) fps -9%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	157 (125^min - 208^max) fps -26%
1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:T
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	164 (127^min - 216^max) fps
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	158 (119^min - 208^max) fps -4%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	157 (124^min - 212^max) fps -4%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	153 (111^min - 205^max) fps -7%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	152 (117^min - 205^max) fps -7%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	149 (110^min - 200^max) fps -9%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	126 (86^min - 173^max) fps -23%

X-Plane 11.11
1280x720 low (fps_test=1)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	178 fps +5%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	172 fps +1%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	170 fps
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	157 fps -8%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	149 fps -12%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	139 fps -18%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	133 fps -22%
1920x1080 high (fps_test=3)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	128 fps +2%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	125 fps
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	123 fps -2%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	112 fps -10%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	106 fps -15%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	102 fps -18%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	96.8 fps -23%

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark
1280x720 Lite Quality
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	225 fps +3%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	225 fps +3%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	221 (135^min - 247^max) fps +1%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	219 fps
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	216 fps -1%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	201 (101^min - 247^max) fps -8%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	201 fps -8%
1920x1080 High Quality
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	143 fps
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	142 (88^min - 220^max) fps -1%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	141 fps -1%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	140 (80^min - 214^max) fps -2%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	140 fps -2%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	138 fps -3%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	134 fps -6%

Dota 2 Reborn
1280x720 min (0/3) fastest
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	242.5 (205.4^min) fps +24%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	228.9 (193.7^min) fps +17%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	198.8 (172^min) fps +2%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	195.1 (157.1^min) fps
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	186.9 (161.4^min) fps -4%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	184.8 (164.4^min) fps -5%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	171.6 (149.6^min) fps -12%
1920x1080 ultra (3/3) best looking
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	186.8 (158.3^min) fps +13%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	180 (150.9^min) fps +9%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	172.2 (143^min) fps +4%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	165.3 (145.1^min) fps
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	162.9 (142^min) fps -1%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	157.3 (135.9^min) fps -5%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	148.1 (128.3^min) fps -10%

The Witcher 3
1024x768 Low Graphics & Postprocessing
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	602 (527^min - 685^max) fps +17%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	570 (500^min - 647^max) fps +11%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	518 (463^min - 597^max) fps +1%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	514 fps
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	468 (427^min - 528^max) fps -9%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	466 fps -9%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	413 (379^min - 462^max) fps -20%
1920x1080 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+)
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	144 fps +3%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	142 (128^min - 155^max) fps +1%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	140 (126^min - 155^max) fps 0%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	140 fps
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	139 (129^min - 151^max) fps -1%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	139 (126^min - 154^max) fps -1%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	139 (122^min - 156^max) fps -1%

Shadow of the Tomb Raider
1280x720 Lowest Preset
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	230 fps +13%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	217 fps +7%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	204 fps 0%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	203 fps
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	188 fps -7%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	178 fps -12%
1920x1080 Highest Preset AA:T
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	170 fps +1%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	168 fps
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	165 fps -2%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	165 fps -2%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	158 fps -6%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	149 fps -11%

Intel Core i9-11900K + Nvidia Titan RTX

	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
The Witcher 3 (2015)	514	447	190	140		105
Dota 2 Reborn (2015)	195.1	180.2	173.2	165.3		161.8
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)	219	186	143		108	64.9
X-Plane 11.11 (2018)	170	153	125			109
Far Cry 5 (2018)	212	183	175	164	141	80
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)	203	186	178	168	127	70.4
Forza Horizon 4 (2018)	251	221	218	192	162	115
Far Cry New Dawn (2019)	178	155	149	135	126	82
Metro Exodus (2019)	228	173	133	106	84.6	54.7
Borderlands 3 (2019)	200	175	141	118	84.8	47.2

Intel Core i5-11600K + Nvidia Titan RTX

	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
The Witcher 3 (2015)	466	396	275	144		106
Dota 2 Reborn (2015)	184.8	170.7	164.8	162.9		159.1
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)	216	182	141		107	65.5
X-Plane 11.11 (2018)	157	138	112			99.3
Far Cry 5 (2018)	199	177	167	157	140	83
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)	188	171	168	158	127	70.2
Forza Horizon 4 (2018)	236	209	207	189	165	117
Far Cry New Dawn (2019)	168	148	143	129	122	83
Metro Exodus (2019)	210	167	132	105	85.4	55.2
Borderlands 3 (2019)	188	165	138	117	85	47.2

Energy Consumption

The Intel Core i9-11900K during the stress test

The Intel Core i5-11600K during the stress test

When compared to Comet Lake-S chips, the power draw is on the same level. Intel still specifies a PL1 TDP of 125 watts and a PL2 TDP of 250 watts. The TAU values, which determine the Turbo Boost duration, are also unchanged. When idle, the entire system draws only 57 watts with the Core i9-11900K and 67 watts with the Core i5-11600K. These are very good results. Here, AMD offers worse results. Howbeit, it is worthing bearing in mind that the system power draw can fluctuate depending on the motherboard and other components.

During our stress test, the system power draw hovered around 300 watts. When gaming, the Core i9 system actually drew up to 387 watts. Surprisingly enough, the Intel Core i5-11600K drew more power than the Core i9-11900K when gaming. This indicates that the hexa-core CPU is more heavily utilised when gaming. In any case, the octa-core i9-11900K appears to be a more energy-efficient gaming CPU. In terms of energy consumption, the Core i9-11900K compares well against the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, even though it has a higher TDP, at least on paper. Under load, the temperatures are high, but not critical. For our review, we used an All-in-One cooler with a 280-mm radiator. Users will also need good fans to keep the octa-core CPU from hitting high temperatures.

Power Consumption | Temperatures

Power Consumption
1920x1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor)
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 69.49 W)	435 (427^min - 463^max) Watt * -12%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 77.5 W)	418.7 (403^min - 452^max) Watt * -8%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 79.23 W)	409.2 (381^min - 434^max) Watt * -6%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 67.7 W)	397.9 (386^min - 409^max) Watt * -3%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G (Idle: 52.3 W)	396.2 (380^min - 475^max) Watt * -2%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 57.3 W)	387 (380^min - 410^max) Watt *
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K (Idle: 52.2 W)	386.9 (380^min - 404^max) Watt * -0%
Prime95 V2810 Stress (external Monitor)
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 57.3 W)	302.2 (263^min - 353^max) Watt *
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G (Idle: 52.3 W)	275.7 (254^min - 385^max) Watt * +9%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 77.5 W)	242.3 (222^min - 254^max) Watt * +20%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 69.49 W)	228 (212^min - 295^max) Watt * +25%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 67.7 W)	205 (194^min - 260^max) Watt * +32%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K (Idle: 52.2 W)	204.4 (191^min - 261^max) Watt * +32%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 79.23 W)	175.8 (170^min - 179^max) Watt * +42%
Cinebench R15 Multi (external Monitor)
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G (Idle: 52.3 W)	268.5 (265^min - 270^max) Watt * -4%
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 57.3 W)	259.3 (256^min - 281^max) Watt *
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 77.5 W)	220.7 (219^min - 222^max) Watt * +15%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 69.49 W)	219.9 (206^min - 236^max) Watt * +15%
Intel Core i7-10700K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i7-10700K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 67.7 W)	207.7 (206^min - 209^max) Watt * +20%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K (Idle: 52.2 W)	172.5 (170^min - 176^max) Watt * +33%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R5 5600X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5 (Idle: 79.23 W)	170.1 (165^min - 210^max) Watt * +34%

Temperatures - CPU Temperature Prime95
Intel Core i9-11900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-11900K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	91 °C
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X NVIDIA Titan RTX, R7 5800X, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	90.6 °C 0%
Intel Core i9-10900K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i9-10900K, WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G	88 °C -3%
Intel Core i5-11600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-11600K, Intel Optane 905P 480GB 2.5	88 °C -3%
Intel Core i5-10600K NVIDIA Titan RTX, i5-10600K	70 °C -23%

* ... smaller is better

System power draw (when idle) - Core i5-11600K

System power draw (Prime95) - Core i5-11600K

System power draw (Cinebench R15 multi-core) - Core i5-11600K

System power draw (when gaming - The Witcher 3; ultra preset) Core i5-11600K

Stress test with Prime95 - Core i5-11600K

System power draw (when idle) - Core i9-11900K

System power draw (Prime95) - Core i9-11900K

System power draw (Cinebench R15 multi-core) - Core i9-11900K

System power draw (when gaming - The Witcher 3; ultra preset) - Core i9-11900K

Stress test with Prime95 - Core i9-11900K

Pros

+ very good gaming performance

+ great productivity performance

+ very low power draw when idle

+ PCI Express 4.0

+ well-priced (11600K)

Cons

- high power consumption under load

- high price (11900K)

Verdict - Only 8 cores, but still pretty fast!

Intel Core i9-11900K and Intel Core i5-11600K - Provided courtesy of: Intel Germany

With Rocket Lake-S, Intel has tried to close the performance gap with AMD. Intel has succeeded in some areas, while in other areas it is basically on the same level as AMD. However, prospective buyers should not forget that Intel’s consumer chips currently top out at 8 cores and 16 threads, whereas AMD’s chips reach up to 16 cores and 32 threads. However, high core-count AMD processors are a lot more expensive, which is why they are not a good option for most consumers. Speaking of expensive processors, the Intel Core i9-11900K with an MSRP of 629 Euros (~$740) is no bargain either, because the similarly capable AMD Ryzen 7 5800X costs about 200 Euros (~$240) less. The Intel Core i5-11600K is much more interesting, especially since it offers very similar gaming performance. The 299-Euro (~$350) AMD Ryzen 5 5600X has a very similar price tag to the Core i5-11600K.

The Intel Core i9-11900K is a very good gaming CPU. However, it fails to reclaim the gaming crown for Intel.

Only time will tell whether AMD or Intel CPUs will end up ruling this cycle. A lot will depend on availability, of course. If Intel manages to avoid supply shortages, then its Rocket Lake-S chips will probably do reasonably well. However, the price of the Core i9-11900K needs to fall considerably for it to become competitive. Intel’s octa-core i9-11900K simply cannot be positioned to compete against AMD’s dodeca-core Ryzen 9 5900X.

In summary, we would like to state that we are quite impressed by the amount of performance that Intel has been able to squeeze out of its ageing 14-nm node. Here, Intel has basically delivered a completely new chip on the LGA 1200 socket. Howbeit, potential buyers should keep in mind the fact that the Rocket Lake-S chips are the last CPUs, which are going to use the LGA 1200 socket. The next generation of Intel’s desktop CPUs is rumoured to use the LGA 1700 socket, support DDR5 RAM and be manufactured on the 10-nm node.

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