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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $219
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-11700 outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 1600 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-11700 is 1435 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 5 1600.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-11700
- Performs up to 14% better in Far Cry 5 than Ryzen 5 1600 - 229 vs 200 FPS
- Up to 1% better value when playing Far Cry 5 than Ryzen 5 1600 - £1.09 vs £1.1 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 1600 - 16 vs 12 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 1600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- Up to 11% cheaper than Core i7-11700 - £220.6 vs £248.99
Far Cry 5
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-11700
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
229
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.09/FPS
100%
Price, £
£248.99
88%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-11700 Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 4.9 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & select 400 Series chipset) 65W
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Desktop CPU - AM4 / Hex Core / 3.2 GHz /19MB / 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-11700
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Ryzen 5 1600
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-11700 | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 1600 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Apr 11th, 2017 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Summit Ridge |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 12 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
4.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-11700 or Ryzen 5 1600
Far Cry 5, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
106 FPS
£9.58/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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