AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core i7-11700K

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Core i7-11700K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X performs better than the Core i7-11700K. Despite this, the Core i7-11700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-11700K. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has 24 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-11700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11700K. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11700K. Despite this, the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-11700K outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 3960X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-11700K. The Ryzen Threadripper 3960X also has significantly 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 Threadripper 3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.