Intel Core i7-11700F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

Intel Core i7-11700F
Intel Socket 1200DESKTOP
2500 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2021
Intel Core i7-11700F
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jul 2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-11700F

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Core i7-11700F

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-11700F

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-11700FAMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
AVX512F
FMA3
SHA
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
ABM
ADX
RdRand
TBT 2.0
TBT 3.0
SSE4A
SSE4.1
AES
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2

Architecture

Intel Core i7-11700FAMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
ArchitectureIntel Rocket LakevsAMD Zen 2
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channel
CodenameRocket LakevsMatisse 2
Release DateMar 2021vsJul 2019

Cores

Intel Core i7-11700FAMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
Cores8vs6
Threads16vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-11700FAMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs96K (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs512K (per core)
L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs32MB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-11700FAMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
SocketIntel Socket 1200vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp72°Cvs95°C
PackageFC-LGA1200vsµOPGA-1331
Die Sizeunknownvs74mm²
Process14 nmvs7 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-11700FAMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
Cpu Frequency2500 MHzvs3800 MHz
Turbo Clock4900 MHzvs4500 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/AvsN/A
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-11700F
    5880 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
    5040 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-11700F
    28800 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
    31153 points

Points - higher is better