Intel Core i9-11900K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D

Core i9-11900K vs Ryzen 5 7600X3D benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-11900K performs better than the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7600X3D in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-11900K has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7600X3D that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-11900K. Despite this, the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7600X3D outputs less heat than Core i9-11900K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has more L2 cache than the Core i9-11900K. The Ryzen 5 7600X3D 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 i9-11900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.