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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X vs Intel Core i7-11700KF

Last updated: 2026-07-01

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 76 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-11700KF

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Rank 2 - 33 %

Intel Core i7-11700KF

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

74 pts

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

92 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

3,302 pts

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

806 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

1,284 pts

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,547 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

64,355 pts

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

14,732 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

1,639

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

2,213

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

15,832

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

10,731

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

495 cb

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

612 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

64C / 128T · 4.30 GHz

1,219

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,794

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

24,763 cb

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

5,709 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

34,670

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

10,765

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

1,087

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

215

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

64C / 128T · 2.90 GHz

26,731

8C / 16T · 3.60 GHz

6,240

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	Intel Core i7-11700KF
Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 (3)	Intel Core i 11000 (22)
Architecture	Castle Peak (Zen 2)	Rocket Lake S
Technology	7 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	TRX4 (sTRX4)	LGA 1200
Predecessor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX	Intel Core i7-10700KF
Successor		Intel Core i7-12700KF

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	Intel Core i7-11700KF
CPU Cores / Threads	64 / 128	8 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	64x	8x
Frequency:	2.90 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.30 GHz	5.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.20 GHz	4.50 GHz
L2-Cache	32.00 MB	4.00 MB
L3-Cache	256.00 MB	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	Intel Core i7-11700KF
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	Intel Core i7-11700KF
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	Intel Core i7-11700KF
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	2048 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	4.0 x 64	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	126.0 GB/s	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	Intel Core i7-11700KF
TDP	280 W	125 W
TDP (PL2)		251 W @ 56 s
TDP up
TDP down		95 W
T. junction max.	95 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	Intel Core i7-11700KF
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date	Q1/2020	Q1/2021
Release price	3990 $	323 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
64C / 128T · 2.90 - 4.30 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-11700KF
8C / 16T · 3.60 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★