Intel Core i7-11700KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D

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

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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D

Price

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$ 299.00

$ 30.99 slightly less expensive

$ 329.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7085 points

1% slightly better overall score

6994 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9129 points

11% slightly better gaming score

8202 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6412 points

6575 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6235 points

6440 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8133 points

20% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6750 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

197.54 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

187.18 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10286 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

10106 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2275 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1922 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

0.67% slightly higher clock speed

3.58 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

21% slightly higher turbo speed

4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

105 W

19% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

Identical

4 MiB

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

185th of 1,089

194th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-11700KF vs Ryzen 7 5700X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5700X3D is faster than the Core i7-11700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-11700KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5700X3D. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 7 5700X3D 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.