Intel Core i9-11900KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Core i9-11900KF vs Ryzen 5 7600X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7600X is faster than the Core i9-11900KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11900KF in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-11900KF has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Indeed, the Core i9-11900KF has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11900KF. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Ryzen 5 7600X outputs less heat than Core i9-11900KF thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 7600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-11900KF. The Ryzen 5 7600X 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 i9-11900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.