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Intel Core i7 11700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

51 out of 100
Intel Core i7 11700K
VS
63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Intel Core i7 11700K
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i7 11700K with 8-cores against the 4.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7600X with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
27.4
(Mediocre)
Value Index
106.5
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7600X and 11700K
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11700K
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 750 integrated graphics: 0.7 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 14 nanometers
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 1 year and 7 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 24% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2941 vs 2372 points
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 11700K
vs
Ryzen 5 7600X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#196th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i7 11700K
2372
Ryzen 5 7600X +24%
2941
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 11700K
10622
Ryzen 5 7600X +28%
13615
File compression 829.7 MB/sec 1490 MB/sec
Clang compilation 85.6 Klines/sec 94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 211.8 pages/sec 269.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 338.9 Mpixels/sec 342 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 227.4 pages/sec 308.4 pages/sec
Background blur 52.3 images/sec 66.1 images/sec
Photo processing 85.1 images/sec 108.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.8 Mpixels/sec 20.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1062 & 1068 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 11700K
3385
Ryzen 5 7600X +22%
4129
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 11700K
24313
Ryzen 5 7600X +16%
28271
Integer math 86.2 GOps/sec 84.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 51.1 GOps/sec 50.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 66M Primes/sec 207M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.8M Strings/sec 38.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.5 GBytes/sec 18.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 321.8 MBytes/sec 317.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1030 Frames/sec 1820 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 22.9B Matrices/sec 24.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6143 & 11881 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 11700K
209.12
Ryzen 5 7600X +2%
213.14

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 6 PPW 8.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 85 PPW 129.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 194.5 PPW 269.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.67 PPW 2.03 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 11700K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-12 (TheGoodOldChipsGERMANY)Cinebench 202499 / 867
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-14 (Aaron esxboi)Cinebench 202492 / 745
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-03 (Sierra)Cinebench 202467 / 557
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-26 (Guest #3)Cinebench 202495 / 767
πŸ“˜ 2024-04-03 (Bryan Santiago)Cinebench 202490 / 775
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AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-19 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 883
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-06 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 856
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (EpsilonMaru)Cinebench 2024121 / 917
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)Geekbench 6 CPU3054 / 14225
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)Cinebench 2024121 / 899
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 11700K and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released March 16, 2021 September 29, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Rocket Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number i7-11700K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 750 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5700X - Intel Core i5 13600K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
Intel CPU rating (#146th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#50th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 47x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 14 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 116 W
Socket LGA-1200 AM5
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (105th and 71st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 750 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 256 128
TMUs 64 8
ROPs 32 4
Execution Units 32 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 11700K +17%
0.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7600X
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to UHD Graphics 750

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 50 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 11700K official page AMD Ryzen 5 7600X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

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