amd ryzen 9 5900x vs intel core i7 11700k

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (Desktop) 12-cores against Intel Core i7 11700K (Desktop) 8-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Intel Core i7 11700K
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Consumes up to 16% less energy than the Intel Core i7 11700K – 105 vs 125 Watt
  • Around 1.2 GB/s (2%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 48 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11700K
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
20736
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
39713
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
14198

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 9 5900x and core i7 11700k

General

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i7 11700K
Vendor AMD Intel
Released October 8 2020 April 30 2021
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Vermeer Rocket Lake
Socket AM4 FCLGA1200
Integrated GPU - Intel UHD Graphics 750

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i7 11700K
Cores 12 8
Threads 24 16
Base Frequency 3.7 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.8 GHz 5 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 64 MB 16 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Power

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i7 11700K
Fabrication process 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 W 125 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i7 11700K
Memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.196 GB/s 50 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i7 11700K
Integrated Graphics - Intel UHD Graphics 750
GPU Base Clock MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.3 MHz
Shading Units 256
TMUs 64
ROPs 32
Execution Units 32
TGP W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
TFLOPS
0.46 TFLOPS

Misc

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i7 11700K
Official site AMD Ryzen 9 5900X official page Intel Core i7 11700K official page
PCI Express Version 4 4
PCI Express Lanes 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i7 11700K or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X?