Intel Core i7-11700KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 7600

Price

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$ 299.00

$ 190.07

$ 108.93 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7085 points

8046 points

13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9129 points

10893 points

19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6412 points

7125 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6235 points

6898 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8133 points

22% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6614 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

197.54 points

199.23 points

0.85% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9526 points

11709 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2119 points

2649 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10286 points

12203 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2275 points

2751 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

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

65 W

92% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

66% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

6 MiB

49% significantly more L2 cache

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

185th of 1,089

147th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February

2023 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-11700KF vs Ryzen 5 7600 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7600 is faster 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 7600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11700KF. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 7600 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-11700KF. The Ryzen 5 7600 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 i7-11700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.