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Intel Core i7-11700K vs AMD FX-6300

Last updated: 2026-05-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-11700K

Rank 2 - 29 %

AMD FX-6300

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-11700K

Rank 2 - 16 %

AMD FX-6300

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

2,213

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

534

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

10,731

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,586

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

612 cb

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

195 cb

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

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,794

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

529

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

5,709 cb

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

854 cb

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

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

10,765

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,916

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

215

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

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

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

642

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

221

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

8C / 16T · 3.60 GHz

6,283

6C / 6T · 3.50 GHz

1,003

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

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 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

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700K	AMD FX-6300
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	AMD FX (30)
CPU group	Intel Core i 11000 (22)	AMD FX-6300 (2)
Architecture	Rocket Lake S	Vishera (Bulldozer)
Technology	14 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1200	AM3+
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-10700K
Successor	Intel Core i7-12700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700K	AMD FX-6300
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	6 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	6x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	3.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	5.00 GHz	4.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.50 GHz	4.10 GHz
L2-Cache	4.00 MB
L3-Cache	16.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700K	AMD FX-6300
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 750	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader	32 / 256	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q1/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700K	AMD FX-6300
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700K	AMD FX-6300
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0 x 20	3.0
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700K	AMD FX-6300
TDP	125 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)	251 W @ 56 s
TDP up
TDP down	95 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	71 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700K	AMD FX-6300
Chip design	Monolithic	Unknown
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release date	Q1/2021	Q4/2012
Release price	374 $	95 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-11700K is 3.8 stars (50 ratings), while AMD FX-6300 has received 4.2 stars (63 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

AMD FX-6300
6C / 6T · 3.50 - 4.10 GHz

★★★★★