Intel Core i5-11400 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 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
6264 points
10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8370 points
8% slightly better gaming score
7696 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4847 points
5820 points
20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4675 points
5710 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5721 points
6544 points
14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

144.07 points
175.52 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7150 points
7263 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1888 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1794 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7262 points
7587 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1960 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1845 points

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
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.6 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB
512 KiB
6% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly 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
239th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200

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 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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