Intel Core i7-11700KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Core i7-11700KF vs Ryzen 9 5980HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5980HX performs better than the Core i7-11700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-11700KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5980HX. The Ryzen 9 5980HX 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. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and 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.