# Early Intel Core i7-11700K benchmarks show it is slower than AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

URL: https://technosports.co.in/early-intel-core-i7-11700k-benchmarks-show-it-is-slower-than-amd-ryzen-7-5800x/  
Published: 2021-02-28  
Updated: 2021-02-28  
Author: Raunak Saha

Intel is all set to launch its new Rocket Lake-S desktop CPUs in the coming days, and as we reported recently, Mindfactory is openly admitting the sale of these CPUs and has even admitted that no embargo has been breached in the process.

The people who bought these CPUs have posted in German tech forums like HardwareLuxx, PC Games Hardware, or ComputerBase. So, we have many early benchmarks of the 8-core Core i7-11700K, which could give us a fair idea of how these new Intel CPUs will perform against AMD’s revolutionary Ryzen 5000 series processors.

Andreas Schilling from [hardwareluxx.de](https://t.co/zcFLz1FVpV?amp=1), has shared few benchmarks that suggest how Intel Core i7-11700K stacks up against AMD Ryzen 7 5800X:

> Take this with a grain of salt, but I wanted to put the numbers in perspective. Core i7-11700K against current Ryzen lineup and in retro perspective with Intel CPUs. [pic.twitter.com/adueVdc2wu](https://t.co/adueVdc2wu)
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> — Andreas Schilling 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@aschilling) [February 28, 2021](https://twitter.com/aschilling/status/1365957388717686784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

In Cinebench R20 single-core, the Intel Core i7-11700K scores 600 points and 5749 points in multi-core. This is close but not enough to beat AMD Ryzen 7 5800X’s 622 points in single-core and 6022 points in multi-core.

This is true because, in our Ryzen 7 5800X review, it also scored 625 points in single-core whereas 5875 points in multi-core. So, indeed the Intel Core i7-11700K fails to beat AMD at early stages, and this is the same case in Cinebench R23 as well:

- ![Intel Core i7-11700K is openly sold and benchmarked ahead of launch](https://technosports.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_0152-e1614517949341.jpg) **Source: *[HardwareLuxx Forums](https://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/threads/ab-469-euro-intels-core-i7-11700k-vor-offiziellem-launch-verf%C3%BCgbar.1291384/post-28181543)*
- ![AMD Ryzen 7 5800X review: Fastest 8 core AMD Gaming CPU but at a cost](https://technosports.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Screenshot-494-e1614517903225-558x1024.png) *Our Ryzen 7 5800X review scores*
**Source: *[HardwareLuxx Forums](https://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/threads/ab-469-euro-intels-core-i7-11700k-vor-offiziellem-launch-verf%C3%BCgbar.1291384/post-28181543)*

Here also we see the Ryzen 7 5800X beating Intel by fine margins both in single-core and multi-core tests. Not only this, in CPU-Z too the picture is the same:

- ![Intel Core i7-11700K is openly sold and benchmarked ahead of launch](https://technosports.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_0148-e1614518084990.jpg) **Source: *[ComputerBase Forums](https://www.computerbase.de/forum/threads/pr-gau-fuer-intel-core-i7-11700k-viel-zu-frueh-im-handel-verfuegbar.2007735/page-15#post-25357364)*
- ![AMD Ryzen 7 5800X review: Fastest 8 core AMD Gaming CPU but at a cost](https://technosports.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Screenshot-509.png) *Our Ryzen 7 5800X review scores*
**Source: *[ComputerBase Forums](https://www.computerbase.de/forum/threads/pr-gau-fuer-intel-core-i7-11700k-viel-zu-frueh-im-handel-verfuegbar.2007735/page-15#post-25357364)*

Here we see both the CPUs having almost the same single-core scores at the stock, with Intel leading by few points, whereas Intel is far behind AMD in multi-core performance. These early benchmarks only give us some assumptions of the performance we can expect from these Rocket Lake-S CPUs, but the competition is very intense, no doubts!

> I know, IPC is just a median and we don't know which models we should compare here, but the Core i7-11700K hits exactly +18 % IPC compared to the Core i7-10700K. Just a coincidence? [pic.twitter.com/Zy2en9NKMq](https://t.co/Zy2en9NKMq)
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> — Andreas Schilling 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@aschilling) [February 28, 2021](https://twitter.com/aschilling/status/1366001453404467201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Interestingly, [Andreas Schilling](https://twitter.com/aschilling) also mentions the single-threaded IPC improvement in both the Intel and AMD CPUs, compared to the last-gen [Core i7-10700K](https://technosports.co.in/2020/12/16/10th-gen-intel-core-i7-10700k-performance-benchmarks-prove-why-its-worth-buying-at-rs-30000/). In the chart, we see, the Core i7-11700K has an 18.58% IPC uplift while the Ryzen 7 5800X posts a better 22.92% IPC uplift over [Core i7-10700K](https://technosports.co.in/2021/02/07/amd-ryzen-7-5800x-vs-intel-core-i7-10700k-which-one-should-you-buy/).

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