AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core i7-11600H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i7 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4528 points
5170 points
14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5692 points
7209 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4151 points
4538 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4054 points
4400 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.79 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
107.90 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5573 points
6559 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1100 points
1926 points
75% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed
2.92 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4.6 GHz
21% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
7.5 MiB
87% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

386th of 1,089
329th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
11th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2021 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 1700X vs Core i7-11600H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11600H is faster 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 i7-11600H has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11600H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11600H. Despite this, the Core i7-11600H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-11600H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 1700X. The Core i7-11600H also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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