Intel Core i7-11700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500

Core i7-11700 vs Ryzen 5 4500 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11700 beats the Ryzen 5 4500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 4500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11700 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 4500. Indeed, the Core i7-11700 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 4500. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4500. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 4500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11700. Despite this, the Core i7-11700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 4500 outputs less heat than Core i7-11700 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-11700 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 4500. The Core i7-11700 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-11700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.