Intel Core i7-11700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 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

7093 points
53% significantly better overall score
4629 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9522 points
70% significantly better gaming score
5577 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6319 points
43% significantly better multitasking score
4389 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6131 points
40% slightly better heavy workload score
4371 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7705 points
9299 points
20% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

163.14 points
186.26 points
14% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8582 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7738 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2114 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1930 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.3 GHz
32% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
45 W
111% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
Identical
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

184th of 1,089
378th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-11700 vs Ryzen 9 5980HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5980HX is faster than the Core i7-11700. Despite this, the Core i7-11700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11700. The Ryzen 9 5980HX 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. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and 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 i7-11700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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