AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i7-11700K

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

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Price

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$ 198.00
$ 161.00 significantly less expensive
$ 359.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6345 points
7984 points
25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points
9165 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points
7574 points
28% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points
7434 points
28% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6052 points
8151 points
34% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points
208.15 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8116 points
9777 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1623 points
2159 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8090 points
9888 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1674 points
2246 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
Identical
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
92% significantly lower TDP
125 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
640 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
Identical
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

233rd of 1,089
149th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
11th Generation Core i7

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
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core i7-11700K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11700K is faster than the Ryzen 7 3700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3700X in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Ryzen 7 3700X and Core i7-11700K have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3700X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-11700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 7 3700X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 7 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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