AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i5-11500

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-11500

Price

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$ 198.00

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$ 199.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6345 points

20% slightly better overall score

5262 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points

7888 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points

32% slightly better multitasking score

4465 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points

34% slightly better heavy workload score

4309 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6052 points

8307 points

37% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points

27% slightly higher Blender score

141.62 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8116 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

7631 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1623 points

1954 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8090 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7239 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1674 points

2003 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

33% slightly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

4.6 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

233rd of 1,089

314th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

11th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core i5-11500 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 3700X is faster than the Core i5-11500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11500 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 3700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-11500 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11500. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11500. Despite this, the Core i5-11500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.