Intel Core i7-11700F vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Core i7-11700F vs Ryzen 9 7900X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7900X is faster than the Core i7-11700F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11700F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i7-11700F that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11700F. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7900X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11700F. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11700F CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 7900X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 7900X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-11700F. The Ryzen 9 7900X 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 i7-11700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.