Intel Core i7-11700K Lags behind AMD Ryzen 7 5800X despite 19 Percent IPC Increase in First Professional Gaming Benchmarks

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Intel’s upcoming lineup of 11th Gen Core i7 and Core i9 desktop processors may have a tough time keeping up with AMD’s Zen 3-based Ryzen counterparts in the gaming department. This is according to our friends at AnandTech, which is one of the first major publications to share benchmarks demonstrating the performance of one of its higher-tiered Rocket Lake-S processors, the Core i7-11700K. Unfortunately for Intel, the editors found that its 8C/16T CPU lagged behind the Ryzen 7 5800X in a variety of modern titles in CPU-bound tests despite a proven 19 percent improvement in IPC.



“Users looking at our gaming results will undoubtedly be disappointed,” AnandTech’s Ian Cutress stated. “The improvements Intel has made to its processor seem to...

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[kcthebrewer]

Intel's 9590

 

[Grimlakin]

I guess the IPC wasn't enough when compared to AMD's latest. This has got to be frustrating for Intel.

 

[Terminus]

I'm surprised, I was expecting Intel to be about 3% faster than AMD. Since this is the 11700 being compared, is there some magic sauce in the 8 core 11900 to put Intel back on top of the octa-core heap? Because increased latency within the chip itself can only be compensated by increasing clocks, if I understand correctly.