Intel Core i9-11900K CPU-Z Benchmark Score Leaks | TechPowerUp
 
Intel is preparing to launch their latest generation Rocket Lake-S processors in the coming weeks. We recently saw some leaked Geekbench 5 scores for the eight-core Intel Core i7-11700K showing it beating the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X in single-core performance. We have recently received some new benchmarks for the i9-11900K and i7-11700K this time in CPU-Z showing them once again best AMD in single-core performance.

The Cypress Cove core design found in these upcoming processors is expected to bring double-digit IPC gains over Skylake and this is reflected in these scores. Take all these benchmarks with a healthy dose of skepticism as we have no way of confirming these numbers until we can test the chips ourselves. The Intel Core i9-11900K gets a single thread score of 695.4 and a multi-thread score of 6522.1 which puts it 19% ahead of the i9-10900K and 3% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X in single-threaded performance. The processor still falls far behind the Ryzen 9 5950X in multi-threaded performance due to it having half the number of cores.
 
The Intel Core i7-11700K CPU-Z benchmark results were also leaked however the photo has been edited to hide the exact score. The i7-11700K scores 67X in single-threaded performance, and 63XX in multi-threaded performance. This puts it 18% ahead of the i7-10700K and close to or slightly below the Ryzen 9 5950X in single-core performance.
 
Personally I expected better performance in the single core benchmark, but this could be an engineering sample. 
 

I'm hearing 3-5% IPC over the 5950X in single thread. But core count and thermal limits still have it well behind in multi-core.

kevinc313
Hopefully a max of 8-core means that there is new HEDT on the horizon.

Will not be able to compete or even come close to Threadripper.

Nereus

Jeff007245

kevinc313
Hopefully a max of 8-core means that there is new HEDT on the horizon.

Will not be able to compete or even come close to Threadripper.

Apples and oranges. If you have a use for a multi-core CPU then sure, threadripper wins hands down. For gamers the reality is that you're wasting your money on high core counts as they'll never get used.
 

I agree! I have a 3900xt and it almost never used more than 3 cores and 6 threads for gaming.

CraptacularOne

Nereus

Jeff007245

kevinc313
Hopefully a max of 8-core means that there is new HEDT on the horizon.

Will not be able to compete or even come close to Threadripper.

Apples and oranges. If you have a use for a multi-core CPU then sure, threadripper wins hands down. For gamers the reality is that you're wasting your money on high core counts as they'll never get used.
 

One of the very reasons I ditched my X299 platform and went back to mainstream Z series boards and CPUs. I still do light video editing and rendering but I game on my system vastly more than anything else so the 16 core CPU I had was being mostly wasted. Coincidentally it's also the reason I got rid of the 12 core 3900X in my VR game rig and went with a 8 core 5800X. Games still just don't really care about much more than 6 threads, not cores mind you, threads. Sure there's the odd example here and there but by and large 8 cores 16 threads is still massive overkill for gaming and more than enough wiggle room to grow into when or if games get more multithreaded. 

Yup. I went with a 5900X just because I think most games will be better optimized to utilize all the cores, before I ever get to redo my system.