Intel Core i7-11700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600

Core i7-11700 vs Ryzen 5 7600 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7600 beats the Core i7-11700 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11700 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-11700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11700. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 7600 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-11700. The Ryzen 5 7600 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.