Intel Core i7-11700KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Core i7-11700KF vs Ryzen 9 6900HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 6900HX beats the Core i7-11700KF in overall performance. 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 6900HX. Also, the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 6900HX 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.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-11700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.