Intel Core i5-11400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5682 points
5821 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8370 points
15% slightly better gaming score
7228 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4847 points
5452 points
12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4675 points
5384 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

144.07 points
166.92 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7262 points
9022 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1960 points
2060 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.1 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
28 W
132% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
8 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache

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
266th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-11400 vs Ryzen 7 8840HS benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 8840HS is faster than the Core i5-11400. Despite this, the Core i5-11400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 8840HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-11400 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 8840HS. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840HS has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-11400. The Ryzen 7 8840HS also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-11400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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