Intel Core i7-11700KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 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

7149 points
2% slightly better overall score
7004 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9223 points
10197 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6466 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
5978 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6288 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
5757 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8133 points
37% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5932 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

197.54 points
2% slightly higher Blender score
192.43 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
166% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
4.10 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 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
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
96 MiB
499% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

191st of 1,107
202nd of 1,107

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2024 September

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

No
-

Core i7-11700KF vs Ryzen 5 7600X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11700KF is faster than the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11700KF has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. Indeed, the Core i7-11700KF has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7600X3D outputs less heat than Core i7-11700KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has more L2 cache than the Core i7-11700KF. The Ryzen 5 7600X3D also has significantly more 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 i7-11700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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