Core i5-11400 vs Ryzen 9 5900HX benchmarks
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900HX performs better than the Core i5-11400. Despite this, the Core i5-11400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11400. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 5900HX outputs less heat than Core i5-11400 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 5900HX has more L2 cache than the Core i5-11400. The Ryzen 9 5900HX also has slightly more L3 cache.
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-11400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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