Intel Core i7-11700KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D

Core i7-11700KF vs Ryzen 5 7500X3D benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7500X3D performs better than the Core i7-11700KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11700KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-11700KF has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7500X3D that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7500X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7500X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11700KF. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7500X3D has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-11700KF. The Ryzen 5 7500X3D 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 i7-11700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.