Intel Core i7-11700KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7085 points

10% slightly better overall score

6405 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9129 points

1% slightly better gaming score

9018 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6412 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

5593 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6235 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

5403 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

197.54 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

153.60 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10286 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7982 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2275 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2119 points

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

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

28 W

346% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

Identical

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

185th of 1,089

227th 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

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR5 (FP7r2)

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 8640HS benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11700KF is faster than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-11700KF has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8640HS has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to 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.