Intel Core i7 11700F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i7 11700F, vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i7 11700F and AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 11700F
1538
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
1298
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i7 11700F
11069
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
9501
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 11700F
n/a
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
72
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 11700F
n/a
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
476
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 11700F
3270
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2564
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i7 11700F
20814
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17713
Integer Math79.5 GOps/s48.7 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math46.5 GOps/s28.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Search56 M primes/s108 M primes/s
Random String Sort30.6 M strings/s23.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption12.7 GB/s14 GB/s
Data Compression267.4 MB/s219.8 MB/s
Physics886 frames/s1155 frames/s
Extended Instructions184 M matrices/s144 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 11700F
2274
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
1662
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i7 11700F
9331
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
7249
File Compression714.5 MB/s660.6 MB/s
Clang Compilation81.7 KLines/s59 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser182.3 pages/s146 pages/s
PDF Rendering291.3 MP/sec207.8 MP/sec
Text Processing217.5 pages/s143.3 pages/s
Background Blur40.1 frames/s37 frames/s
Photo Processing69.2 frames/s54.2 frames/s
Ray Tracing18.2 MP/sec12.9 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i7 11700F
171.08
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
135.61

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 143.6 PPW 111.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 320.2 PPW 272.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W n/a 7.3 PPW
Blender / W 2.63 PPW 2.09 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced March, 16, 2021 July, 7, 2019
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Rocket Lake Zen 2 (Matisse)
Model number i7-11700F n/a
Integrated GPU No No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Frequency 2.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.9 GHz 4.2 GHz
General
Cores count86
Threads count1612
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidth8 GT/sn/a
Multiplier25x36x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total32 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 3.8 billion
Process tech. 14 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Socket LGA-1200 AM4
Critical temp. 100 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
Max Size 128 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth 50 GB 47.68 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 16

Results

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