Product Compare

AMD Ryzen 5 8640U vs Intel Core i7 11700KF

AMDCPU

CPU AMD Ryzen 5 8640U 6C / 12T · 3.5 GHz – 4.9 GHz Change

intelCPU

CPU Intel Core i7 11700KF 8C / 16T · 3.6 GHz – 5 GHz Change

Verdict

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 8640U and Intel Core i7 11700KF trade blows and are closely matched

AMD Ryzen 5 8640U Intel Core i7 11700KF Δ

Geekbench 6 Single Core 2,419 2,334 +4%

Geekbench 6 Multi Core 10,350 10,758 +4%

Specs Compare

	AMD Ryzen 5 8640U	Intel Core i7 11700KF
General Parameters
Release Date	Dec 2023	Mar 2021
Manufacturer	AMD	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Hawk Point	Rocket Lake
Integrated Graphics	Radeon 760M	No
Generation	Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Processor Number		i7-11700KF
Package
Transistor Count	25 billions
Manufacturing Process	4 nm	14 nm
Socket	FP7	LGA-1200
Power Consumption	15-30 W	125 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	100°C
Foundry	TSMC
Die Size	178 mm²
Package	FP8, FP7, FP7r2
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6	8
Performance Core Threads	12	16
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.5 GHz	3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.9 GHz	5 GHz
Total Core Count	6	8
Total Thread Count	12	16
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	35x	36x
L1 Cache	64 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	1 MB per core	512 K per core
L3 Cache	16 MB shared	16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
SMP	1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500	DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	256 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	89.6 GB/s	50 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true
GPU Base Frequency	1500 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	2600 MHz
Shader Units	384
Texture Units	24
Raster Operation Units	16
Execution Units	6
Power Consumption	15 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	4.0	4.0
PCIe Lanes	20	20

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core

2419

2334

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

10350

10758

AMD Ryzen 5 8640U Intel Core i7 11700KF