AMD Ryzen 5 9600 vs Intel Core i7 11700F
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 9600 with 6 cores 3.8GHz 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 9600 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 11 months late
Integrated graphics card
Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 3200)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 50GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)
Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 2.5GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 16MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
+51%
3240
Intel Core i7 11700F
2144
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
+81%
14815
Intel Core i7 11700F
8162
General Parameters
Feb 2025
Release Date
Mar 2021
Amd
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Core Architecture
Rocket Lake
-
Processor Number
i7-11700F
AM5
Socket
LGA-1200
Radeon Graphics
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Generation
-
Package
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
65 W
Power Consumption
65 W
95 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
TSMC
Foundry
-
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
8
12
Performance Core Threads
16
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
5.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
6
Total Core Count
8
12
Total Thread Count
16
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
38
Multiplier
25x
80 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
32 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5600
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
192 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
89.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
50 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
-
2200 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
2
Execution Units
-
