One of the problems with these websites is we all have our own pricing. The Ryzen 3600 is still the same price as the 11400 here, and the 11400F isn't even sold. Not available. I did not start this thread trying to defend the 3600, I merely pointed out that you can't be serious about Rocket Lake when TPU's own review showed the 10700k beating the 11900k and the 10400f beating the 11400f. Not sure why people are ignoring that.
You can't use the stock cooler with the 11400f and get as good results as the 3600, we've already established that, a 4.4ghz 3600 will beat the 3.6ghz 11400f in everything except a few games. Nobody is disputing that apparently. Just ignoring even with expensive ram and a tower cooler, the 3600 still won in productivity. So you have buy a tower cooler, you have to buy better ram, and then the 11400f is great for gaming, IF you can buy it in your country. For Americans, it is great. Not for me.
Again I'm not ignoring this review, because even stock vs. stock the Ryzen 3600 can be way ahead like so when not gaming:
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I loaded up Mass Effect 1 with the i5-11500, it went straight to 100 degrees during and after loading, and I was not impressed. I personally would pay the extra $100 for the 5600X, my 5600X runs near 4.8ghz at all times and is more than 25 percent faster. This is actually how this thread started. I own two computers, a 11500 and a 5600X and the 5600X is WAY better. Easily worth the extra $100 USD considering the overall cost of each computer is almost $1000 each, so sure the CPU costs "a lot more" but overall it is 10 percent more for 25 percent plus more performance. And you own the best 6 core available. Imagine if someone actually responded to those arguments instead of twisting it around to a totally different thing.
1) TPUs review showed the 10700k faster than the 11900k in gaming. Oops. Found the 10400f faster than the 11400f in gaming. Oops.
2) The 11400f throttles under heavy load with the stock cooler, throttles down to the mid 3ghz level. The Ryzen 3600 sustains 4.4ghz, at least mine did. 4.3ghz for the unlucky.
3) In productivity the 3600 still beat the 11400f, that didn't change. TPU and elsewhere.
4) Ryzen 5600X is WAY ahead of the 11400f. When looking at the cost of the entire computer, 10 percent more in total for a CPU that wins in all games, and OCs to 4.8ghz, and beats the 11400f more than 25 percent on average at other stuff is easily worth it for me. I don't think the 11400f is a good choice. If you can get the 5600X for $300 instead, I'd get that.