AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i7-11700KF

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i7-11700KF benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11700KF beats the Ryzen 5 3600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3600 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11700KF has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3600. Indeed, the Core i7-11700KF has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600. According to our data, the Ryzen 5 3600 and Core i7-11700KF have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-11700KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-11700KF has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-11700KF.

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 Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.