Intel Core i7-11700F vs AMD A10-4600M

Last updated: 2023-09-08

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-11700F		AMD A10-4600M
CPU comparison Intel Core i7-11700F or AMD A10-4600M - 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 Intel Core i7-11700F has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.90 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-11700F was released in Q1/2021. The AMD A10-4600M has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-4600M was released in Q2/2012.

Intel Core i7 (298)	Family	AMD A (112)
Intel Core i 11000 (22)	CPU group	AMD A10-4000M (3)
11	Generation	2
Rocket Lake S	Architecture	Trinity (Piledriver)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
Intel Core i7-10700F	Predecessor	--
Intel Core i7-12700F	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i7-11700F has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-11700F is 2.50 GHz (4.90 GHz) while the AMD A10-4600M has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD A10-4600M is at 2.30 GHz (3.20 GHz).
Intel Core i7-11700F	Characteristic	AMD A10-4600M
8	Cores	4
16	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
2.50 GHz	Frequency	2.30 GHz
4.90 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.20 GHz
3.80 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.20 GHz


NPU AI performance The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
Intel Core i7-11700F	Characteristic	AMD A10-4600M
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--
--	NPU + CPU + iGPU	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU) The Intel Core i7-11700F or AMD A10-4600M has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
no iGPU	GPU	AMD Radeon HD 7660G
	GPU frequency	0.50 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	0.69 GHz
--	GPU Generation	4
	Technology	32 nm
	Max. displays	2
--	Compute units	6
--	Shader	384
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	8 GB
--	DirectX Version	11.2

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	AMD Radeon HD 7660G
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
No	Codec h264	Decode
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode
No	Codec VC-1	No
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i7-11700F can use up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The AMD A10-4600M supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.
Intel Core i7-11700F	Characteristic	AMD A10-4600M
DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR3-1600
128 GB	Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
No	ECC	No
4.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
16.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
4.0	PCIe version	--
20	PCIe lanes	--
39.4 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	--
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i7-11700F is 65 W, while the AMD A10-4600M has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i7-11700F	Characteristic	AMD A10-4600M
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 W
224 W @ 56 s	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Core i7-11700F is manufactured in 14 nm and has 20.00 MB cache. The AMD A10-4600M is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i7-11700F	Characteristic	AMD A10-4600M
14 nm	Technology	32 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
LGA 1200	Socket	FS1r2
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems
Q1/2021	Release date	Q2/2012
298 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-11700F (100%)

AMD A10-4600M (21%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-11700F (100%)

AMD A10-4600M (13%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-11700F 8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz	1721 (100%)
	AMD A10-4600M 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	355 (21%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-11700F 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	9872 (100%)
	AMD A10-4600M 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	916 (9%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-11700F 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	20144 (100%)
	AMD A10-4600M 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	3148 (16%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i7-11700F 8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz	90 (100%)
	AMD A10-4600M 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i7-11700F 8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz	807 (100%)
	AMD A10-4600M 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-11700F 8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz	1545 (100%)
	AMD A10-4600M 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-11700F 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	14327 (100%)
	AMD A10-4600M 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-11700F 8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz	2196 (100%)
	AMD A10-4600M 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-11700F 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	9387 (100%)
	AMD A10-4600M 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-11700F 8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz	589 (100%)
	AMD A10-4600M 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-11700F 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	5472 (100%)
	AMD A10-4600M 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-11700F @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD A10-4600M AMD Radeon HD 7660G @ 0.69 GHz	527 (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.


	Intel Core i7-11700F 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	145 (100%)
	AMD A10-4600M 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-11700F 8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz	612 (100%)
	AMD A10-4600M 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-11700F 8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz	5837 (100%)
	AMD A10-4600M 4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-11700F 8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD A10-4600M 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	63 (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.


	Intel Core i7-11700F 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD A10-4600M 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	186 (100%)

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