AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i5-11600

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core i5-11600 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3700X performs better than the Core i5-11600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11600 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 3700X has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11600. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11600. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11600. Despite this, the Core i5-11600 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 3700X has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-11600. The Ryzen 7 3700X 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 Ryzen 7 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.