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Intel Core i7 11700 vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

48 out of 100
Intel Core i7 11700
VS
42 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Intel Core i7 11700
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

We compared two 8-core desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7 11700 against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 3700X. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
18.3
(Bad)
Value Index
35.3
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3700X and 11700
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11700
  • Newer - released 1 year and 9 months later
  • 31% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2143 vs 1640 points
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 750
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
  • Around 2.32 GB/s (5%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Unlocked multiplier

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 11700
vs
Ryzen 7 3700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i7 11700 +31%
2143
Ryzen 7 3700X
1640
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 11700 +11%
9325
Ryzen 7 3700X
8393
File compression 589.1 MB/sec 673.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 80 Klines/sec 77.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 188.6 pages/sec 162.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 284.1 Mpixels/sec 242 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 206.9 pages/sec 151.6 pages/sec
Background blur 47.9 images/sec 38.1 images/sec
Photo processing 65.3 images/sec 54.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 18.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1026 & 550 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 11700 +23%
3256
Ryzen 7 3700X
2654
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 11700
20589
Ryzen 7 3700X +9%
22401
Integer math 79.3 GOps/sec 66.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 46.2 GOps/sec 39 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 55M Primes/sec 97M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 30.2M Strings/sec 32.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.6 GBytes/sec 18.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 262.6 MBytes/sec 296.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 880 Frames/sec 1175 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 18.2B Matrices/sec 19.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 3419 & 26391 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 11700
172.16
Ryzen 7 3700X +6%
181.78

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11 PPW 10.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 143.5 PPW 129.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 316.8 PPW 344.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.65 PPW 2.8 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 11700
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-27 (Blikz911)Cinebench 202487 / 750
πŸ“˜ 2024-04-19 (Sotthy)Cinebench 202491 / 714
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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-21 (Louis)Cinebench 202473 / 663
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-06 (Azuki_12)Cinebench 202469 / 715
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-31 (@ProfitHound Youtube)Cinebench 202474 / 688
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-04 (Av8orGamer)Cinebench 202476 / 696
πŸ“˜ 2024-09-27 (Nathan/Naskun)Cinebench 202473 / 693
Add View all (7)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 11700 and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released March 16, 2021 July 7, 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Rocket Lake -
Model number i7-11700 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 750 No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800 - Intel Core i7 9700K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265 - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
Intel CPU rating (#176th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#154th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 36x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 3.8 billions
Fabrication Process 14 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Socket LGA-1200 AM4
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (118th and 142nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 750 -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz -
Shading Units 256 -
TMUs 64 -
ROPs 32 -
Execution Units 32 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 11700
0.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 3700X
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics 750 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 50 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 11700 official page AMD Ryzen 7 3700X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

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