Intel Core i7-11600H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5170 points
6306 points
21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7209 points
8479 points
17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4538 points
5619 points
23% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4400 points
5454 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

107.90 points
163.82 points
51% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6559 points
9274 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1926 points
2302 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.92 GHz
4.30 GHz
47% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7.5 MiB
25% slightly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

329th of 1,089
235th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 August
2023 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-11600H vs Ryzen 5 7640HS benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7640HS is faster than the Core i7-11600H. Despite this, the Core i7-11600H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11600H. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-11600H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. The Core i7-11600H also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-11600H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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