AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core i7 11700K

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Intel Core i7 11700K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 cores 4.5GHz and Intel Core i7 11700K with 8 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 5 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (73.4GB/s vs 50GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Higher base frequency (4.5GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i7 11700K 's Advantages

Lower TDP (125W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +29%

2059

Intel Core i7 11700K

1595

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +154%

38165

Intel Core i7 11700K

15011

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +29%

3068

Intel Core i7 11700K

2371

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +101%

21409

Intel Core i7 11700K

10622

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +31%

120

Intel Core i7 11700K

91

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +160%

2097

Intel Core i7 11700K

806

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +30%

2232

Intel Core i7 11700K

1704

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +140%

24244

Intel Core i7 11700K

10087

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +25%

4286

Intel Core i7 11700K

3412

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +155%

62987

Intel Core i7 11700K

24667

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

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Intel Core i7 11700K

General Parameters

Aug 2022

Release Date

Mar 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 4 (Raphael)

Core Architecture

Rocket Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-11700K

AM5

Socket

LGA-1200

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 750

Package

13.1 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

125 W

230 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

-

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

8

32

Performance Core Threads

16

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

5.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

16

Total Core Count

8

32

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

45x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

73.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

50 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1300 MHz

448

Shader Units

256

8

Texture Units

64

4

Raster Operation Units

32

2

Execution Units

32

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

3840x2160 - 60 Hz

1.43 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.46 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 11700K

5.0

PCIe Version

4.0

28

PCIe Lanes

20

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