Ryzen 5 7600X3D vs Core i7-11700F

Compare the Ryzen 5 7600X3D and Core i7-11700F on real gaming and productivity benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock option.

Ryzen 5 7600X3D
From$298.49
Buy
Core i7-11700F
From$319.12
Buy

The short answer

The Ryzen 5 7600X3D is the better buy here: it's both faster for gaming and gives more performance per dollar.

  • Ryzen 5 7600X3D is about 64% faster for gaming at 1080p (gaming index 79.3 vs 48.5).
  • Ryzen 5 7600X3D is roughly 17% faster in multi-core work, an edge in rendering, encoding and compiling.
  • Ryzen 5 7600X3D is the cheaper chip right now, by roughly 7%.
  • Ryzen 5 7600X3D delivers about 75% more gaming performance per dollar.
  • Core i7-11700F has more cores (8C/16T vs 6C/12T), which helps in heavily threaded workloads.

Gaming performance

CPU-bound gaming score: a geometric mean of in-game frame rates at 1080p, normalized so the fastest gaming CPU we track = 100.

Ryzen 5 7600X3D79.3
Core i7-11700F48.5

Does the CPU matter at 1440p or 4K? Much less. At higher resolutions the graphics card sets the frame rate, so the gap between two CPUs shrinks — often to nothing. The 1080p figure above is the demanding case, where the CPU is stressed and the difference actually shows.

Performance per dollar

Gaming index divided by the current lowest price — higher is better value. This moves with the market as prices change day to day.

Ryzen 5 7600X3D26.6 / $100
Core i7-11700F15.2 / $100

The Ryzen 5 7600X3D gives about 75% more gaming performance per dollar at today’s prices.

Full platform cost

A complete-platform price needs a live CPU price and an in-stock compatible motherboard on both sides. We can’t build one for Core i7-11700F right now, which is common for older sockets like AM4 where we don’t track current boards. The gaming, value and specs comparisons still apply.

Specs head-to-head

Ryzen 5 7600X3D
Core i7-11700F
Price (from)
$298.49
$319.12
Gaming (1080p index)
79.3
48.5
Cores / threads
6 / 12
8 / 16
Boost clock
4.7 GHz
4.9 GHz
Base clock
4.1 GHz
2.5 GHz
L3 cache
96 MB
16 MB
L2 cache
6 MB
4 MB
TDP
65W
65W
Max power
88W
150W
Socket
AM5
LGA1200
Memory support
DDR5, 5200
DDR4, 3200
Integrated graphics
Radeon Graphics
None
Architecture
Zen 4
Rocket Lake
Process node
TSMC N5
Intel 14nm
MSRP
$299.00
$328.00

Productivity & compute

Ryzen 5 7600X3D
Core i7-11700F
PassMark (multi-core)
25,860
20,749
PassMark (single-thread)
3,606
3,254
Cinebench 2024 (multi-core)
858
736
Cinebench 2024 (single-core)
108
82
Cinebench R23 (multi-core)
13,463
14,327
Cinebench R23 (single-core)
1,685
1,545

Efficiency

Gaming performance per watt (gaming index per 100W of TDP) — higher means more frames for the heat and power.

Ryzen 5 7600X3D122.0
Core i7-11700F74.6

Where to buy

Ryzen 5 7600X3Dfrom $298.49
RetailerAvailabilityPriceBuy
NeweggIn stock$298.49
Buy
Core i7-11700Ffrom $319.12
RetailerAvailabilityPriceBuy
NeweggIn stock$319.12
Buy

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