AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i7 11700F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 with 6 cores 3.4GHz and Intel Core i7 11700F with 8 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Intel Core i7 11700F 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (50GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

1014

Intel Core i7 11700F +51%

1540

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

7128

Intel Core i7 11700F +55%

11087

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

1170

Intel Core i7 11700F +83%

2144

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

4526

Intel Core i7 11700F +80%

8162

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

122

Intel Core i7 11700F +58%

193

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

1029

Intel Core i7 11700F +59%

1644

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

5638

Intel Core i7 11700F +56%

8821

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

2242

Intel Core i7 11700F +47%

3311

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

13124

Intel Core i7 11700F +61%

21153

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

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Intel Core i7 11700F

General Parameters

Sep 2018

Release Date

Mar 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Rocket Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-11700F

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34x

Multiplier

25x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

50 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Official Website

Intel Core i7 11700F

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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