Intel Core i5-11400F 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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$ 164.49

$ 98.58

$ 65.91 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

57 %

58 %

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

84 %

7% slightly better gaming score

78 %

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

49 %

52 %

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

47 %

51 %

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8080

5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

7668

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.32

155.05

11% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7380

7589

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1895

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1833

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7380

7589

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1895

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1833

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.6 GHz

38% slightly higher clock speed

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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

143rd of 1,239

133rd of 1,239

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

February 2021

April 2022

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 i5-11400F vs Ryzen 5 5500 comparison

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

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-11400F. Despite this, the Core i5-11400F 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.

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 i5-11400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.