Intel Core i7-11700KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Core i7-11700KF vs Ryzen 5 8500G comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 8500G 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 8500G that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 8500G. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 8500G has more L2 cache than the Core i7-11700KF. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.