AMD Ryzen 7 4700S vs Intel Core i9-11900K

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 7 4700S CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i9-11900K
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S Intel Core i9-11900K

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 7 4700S or Intel Core i9-11900K - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 7 4700S has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 4700S was released in Q2/2021.

The Intel Core i9-11900K has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-11900K was released in Q1/2021.
AMD Ryzen 7 (63) Family Intel Core i9 (78)
AMD Ryzen 4000G (22) CPU group Intel Core i 11000 (22)
3 Generation 11
Renoir (Zen 2) Architecture Rocket Lake S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Core i9-10900K
-- Successor Intel Core i9-12900K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 7 4700S is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (4.00 GHz). The Intel Core i9-11900K has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (5.30 GHz).

AMD Ryzen 7 4700S Characteristic Intel Core i9-11900K
8 Cores 8
16 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
3.20 GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
4.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 5.30 GHz
3.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.80 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Ryzen 7 4700S Characteristic Intel Core i9-11900K
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 750
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.30 GHz
-- GPU Generation 12
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 32
-- Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 750
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 7 4700S supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-11900K can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Ryzen 7 4700S Characteristic Intel Core i9-11900K
GDDR6 Memory DDR4-3200
16 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
102.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 4.00 MB
8.00 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 4.0
12 PCIe lanes 20
11.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 7 4700S has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Intel Core i9-11900K is 125 W.

AMD Ryzen 7 4700S Characteristic Intel Core i9-11900K
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 125 W
-- TDP (PL2) 251 W @ 56 s
-- TDP up --
45 W TDP down 95 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 7 4700S has a 8.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i9-11900K cache has a total of 20.00 MB.

AMD Ryzen 7 4700S Characteristic Intel Core i9-11900K
7 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
AM4 (PGA 1331) Socket LGA 1200
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2021 Release date Q1/2021
-- Release price 539 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
1194 (71%)
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
1686 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
11210 (69%)
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
16211 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
1122 (60%)
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
1878 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
7745 (67%)
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
11645 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
1254 (50%)
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
2491 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
7262 (57%)
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
12679 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
451 (69%)
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
650 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
4275 (69%)
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
6187 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
18226 (72%)
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
25385 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
Intel UHD Graphics 750 @ 1.30 GHz
666 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
243 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
676 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz
6539 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
262 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
2515 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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