Intel Core i7-11700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 200 Series 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

7984 points
0.76% slightly better overall score
7924 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9165 points
9428 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7574 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
7435 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7434 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
7295 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

208.15 points
99% significantly higher Blender score
104.21 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

3.6 GHz
3.80 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
45 W
177% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
8 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

149th of 1,089
150th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-11700K vs Ryzen 7 260 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 260 beats the Core i7-11700K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11700K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11700K. Also, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 260 outputs less heat than Core i7-11700K 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 Ryzen 7 260 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-11700K. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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