Intel Core i7-11700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

Core i7-11700K vs Ryzen 7 5800X3D specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11700K beats the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Also, the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D outputs less heat than Core i7-11700K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D also has significantly more 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 i7-11700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.