Intel Core i7-11700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 359.00
$ 212.99
$ 146.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7984 points
7% slightly better overall score
7399 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9165 points
2% slightly better gaming score
8984 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7574 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
6877 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7434 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
6735 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8151 points
17% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6914 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

208.15 points
0.44% slightly higher Blender score
207.23 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

14281 points
8% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
13184 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9777 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
9632 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2159 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
2079 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9888 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9706 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2246 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2147 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
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.40 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
65 W
92% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
Identical
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

149th of 1,089
170th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-11700K vs Ryzen 7 5700X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11700K is faster than the Ryzen 7 5700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5700X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 5700X. Also, the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5700X 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, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 7 5700X 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 i7-11700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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