Intel Core i9-11900F vs AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

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Combined performance score

Ryzen 7 3800X
15.09
+2.6%

Ryzen 7 3800X outperforms Core i9-11900F by 3% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Ryzen 7 3800X and Core i9-11900F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking405429
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money30.9641.98
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)Rocket Lake (2021)
Release date7 July 2019 (4 years old)16 March 2021 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$399no data
Current price$298 (0.7x MSRP)$283
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

i9-11900F has 36% better value for money than Ryzen 7 3800X.

Technical specs

Ryzen 7 3800X and Core i9-11900F basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed3.9 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache32 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors19,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 3800X and Core i9-11900F compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 3800X and Core i9-11900F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
SIPPno data-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 3800X and Core i9-11900F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protectionno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 3800X and Core i9-11900F are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 3800X and Core i9-11900F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-3200
Maximum memory size128 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/s50 GB/s
ECC memory support--

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 3800X and Core i9-11900F.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 7 3800X 15.09
+2.6%
i9-11900F 14.71

Ryzen 7 3800X outperforms Core i9-11900F by 3% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 7 3800X 23178
+2.6%
i9-11900F 22599

Ryzen 7 3800X outperforms Core i9-11900F by 3% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 7 3800X 1695
i9-11900F 2179
+28.6%

Core i9-11900F outperforms Ryzen 7 3800X by 29% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 7 3800X 8495
i9-11900F 9239
+8.8%

Core i9-11900F outperforms Ryzen 7 3800X by 9% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 15.09 14.71
Recency 7 July 2019 16 March 2021
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 65 Watt

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 3800X and Core i9-11900F. The differences in performance seem too small.


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