AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core i5-11260H

Ryzen 7 1700X vs Core i5-11260H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-11260H performs better than the Ryzen 7 1700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 1700X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 1700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-11260H has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11260H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11260H. Despite this, the Core i5-11260H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-11260H outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 1700X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 Ryzen 7 1700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.