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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs Intel Core i7-11700K. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
2022-04-04
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
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Intel Core i7-11700K
Intel Core i7-11700K

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 7 5700X or Intel Core i7-11700K? Which processor is faster?

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

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X has a base frequency of 3.4 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2022-04-04.

Intel Core i7-11700K has a base frequency of 3.60 GHz. 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 125 W. Released in Q1/2021.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    77 left arrow place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 125 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 5700X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    83 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    87 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    61 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    82 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    20 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    96 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    108 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    120 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    75 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    67 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 6% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.4 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 9 % higher specified turbo frequency

    5.00 GHz left arrow 4.6 GHz

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    65 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    71 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    42 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    68 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    64 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    102 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    49 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    476 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    76 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
Intel Core i7-11700K Intel Core i7-11700K
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000 left arrow Intel Core i 11000
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i7
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow -
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 11
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 7 3700X left arrow Intel Core i7-10700K
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Series
    Ryzen 5000 Series left arrow -
  • Successor
    - left arrow Intel Core i7-12700K
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.4 GHz left arrow 3.6 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Core Configuration
    8x left arrow -
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.6 GHz left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.6 GHz left arrow 5 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    4.2 GHz left arrow 4.5 GHz
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
    None left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 750
  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 32
  • Generation
    - left arrow 12
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 350 MHz
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow 1300 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q1/2021
  • Shader
    - left arrow 256
  • Technology
    - left arrow 14 nm
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow Decode
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-11700K and AMD Ryzen 7 5700X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and Intel Core i7-11700K Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    65 W left arrow -
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    90 °C left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow 125 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 251 W / 56 s
  • TDP down
    - left arrow 95 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and Intel Core i7-11700K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Vermeer (Zen 3) left arrow Rocket Lake S
  • Codename
    Vermeer left arrow -
  • Documents
    Technical data sheet left arrow -
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L1-Cache
    0.5 MB left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • L3-Cache
    32 MB left arrow 16 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    100-000000926 left arrow -
  • Operating systems
    Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit left arrow -
  • Release date
    2022-04-04 left arrow Q1/2021
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1200
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow 14 nm
  • Thermal Solution (PIB)
    Not Included left arrow -
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

More results: 10

Intel Core i7-11700K

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 10M / 8 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i7-11700K 4881.158436 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 10M / 8 threads / windows
System RAM: 64 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / B560M DS3H V2
Duration: 2048.694 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 7693.313741 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / linux
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / B550M DS3H AC
Duration: 129.983 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and Intel Core i7-11700K.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

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

Higher values are better in this metric.

1532.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
1569.000000
Intel Core i7-11700K
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

13802.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
15011.000000
Intel Core i7-11700K
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

588.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
612.000000
Intel Core i7-11700K
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

5330.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
5709.000000
Intel Core i7-11700K
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

Higher values are better in this metric.

1634.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
1794.000000
Intel Core i7-11700K
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

Higher values are better in this metric.

10179.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
10765.000000
Intel Core i7-11700K
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

27411.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
27065.000000
Intel Core i7-11700K

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