Intel Core i7-11700K vs AMD FX-8300

Core i7-11700K vs FX-8300 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11700K beats the FX-8300 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8300 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11700K has significantly more cores than the FX-8300. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the FX-8300. It also has more threads than the FX-8300. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-8300. In terms of cache, the FX-8300 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-11700K. Despite this, the Core i7-11700K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-8300.

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 i7-11700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.