Intel Core i5-11400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Price

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$ 129.99

$ 74.99

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5682 points

5931 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8370 points

5% slightly better gaming score

7969 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4847 points

5267 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4675 points

5102 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5721 points

4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5451 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

144.07 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

141.88 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7150 points

7589 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1888 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1833 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7262 points

7653 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1960 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1872 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

Identical

3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

276th of 1,089

256th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-11400 vs Ryzen 5 5500 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500 is faster than the Core i5-11400. Despite this, the Core i5-11400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i5-11400 and Ryzen 5 5500 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i5-11400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 5 5500 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-11400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.