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AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i7-11700F. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Released
Q1/2021
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Intel Core i7-11700F
Intel Core i7-11700F

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 3600X or Intel Core i7-11700F? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X has a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 95 W. Released in Q3/2019.

Intel Core i7-11700F has a maximum frequency of 2.50 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q1/2021.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    509 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 34% better clock speed

    3.80 GHz left arrow 2.50 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 3600X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    181 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    175 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    146 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    178 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    115 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    184 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    344 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    397 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    40 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    129 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1305 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    116 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 1.33 times more cores

    8 left arrow 6
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 10 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.90 GHz left arrow 4.40 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.68 times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 95 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i7-11700F CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    97 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    100 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    84 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    95 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    129 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    227 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    58 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    115 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Intel Core i7-11700F Intel Core i7-11700F
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i7
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 11
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 3000 left arrow Intel Core i 11000
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600X left arrow Intel Core i7-10700F
  • Successor
    AMD Ryzen 5 5600X left arrow --
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.80 GHz left arrow 2.50 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.40 GHz left arrow 4.90 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-11700F and AMD Ryzen 5 3600X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 4.0
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 20
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3600X and Intel Core i7-11700F to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    95 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    -- left arrow 224 W / 56 s
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3600X and AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 4.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    32.00 MB left arrow 16.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Matisse (Zen 2) left arrow Rocket Lake S
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1200
  • Release date
    Q3/2019 left arrow Q1/2021

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 3600X and Intel Core i7-11700F.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
1286
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
1538
Intel Core i7-11700F
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1245
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
1721
Intel Core i7-11700F
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
6992
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
9872
Intel Core i7-11700F
Monero Hashrate kH/s
Monero hashrate is an estimated numerical value that determines how many hashes are generated by miners, benefiting from the number of cores CPU and memory speed
7.5
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
5.5
Intel Core i7-11700F

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