AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Intel Core i7-11700KF
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Comparing AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

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Released
Q4/2020
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Q1/2021
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Comparison of video cards. AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X in benchmarks and specifications.

Differences
Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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  • Higher clock speed
    3.70 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
    Around -3% better clock speed
  • More number of cores
    12 left arrow 8
    2 times more threads
  • Performance per watt
    105 W left arrow 125 W
    About 1.19 0.97 times less performance per watt
Reasons to consider
Intel Core i7-11700KF
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  • Higher turbo clock speed
    5.00 GHz left arrow 4.80 GHz
    Around 4 % better overclocked clock speed
Specifications
Complete list of technical specifications
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Intel Core i7-11700KF Intel Core i7-11700KF
CPU generation and family

description_compare AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Intel Core i7-11700KF

  • Name
    AMD Ryzen 9 5900X left arrow Intel Core i7-11700KF
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i7
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 11
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000 left arrow Intel Core i 11000
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 9 3900X left arrow Intel Core i7-10700KF
  • Successor
    -- left arrow Intel Core i7-12700KF
CPU Cores and Base Frequency

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

  • Frequency
    3.70 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    12 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.80 GHz left arrow 5.00 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    24 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
Internal Graphics
  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory & PCIe
  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 4.0
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 20
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management
  • TDP (PL1)
    105 W left arrow 125 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    142 W left arrow 251 W / 56 s
  • TDP down
    -- left arrow 95 W
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow 100 °C
Technical details
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L2-Cache
    6.00 MB left arrow 4.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    64.00 MB left arrow 16.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Vermeer (Zen 3) left arrow Rocket Lake S
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1200
  • Release date
    Q4/2020 left arrow Q1/2021
Devices using this processor
  • Used in
    Unknown left arrow Unknown
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