Intel Core i5-11400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 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

5669 points
7% slightly better overall score
5291 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8320 points
17% slightly better gaming score
7096 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4844 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
4729 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4676 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
4589 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.47 points
129.09 points
0.48% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

10235 points
10717 points
4% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7590 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7501 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1979 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1825 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.30 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

277th of 1,089
311th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5 Mobile

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

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-11400F vs Ryzen 5 6600H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 6600H beats the Core i5-11400F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-11400F 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 6600H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400F. Also, the Ryzen 5 6600H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 6600H outputs less heat than Core i5-11400F thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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.

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