Intel Core i5-11400F vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Core i5-11400F vs Ryzen 9 9950X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 9950X is faster than the Core i5-11400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11400F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 9950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-11400F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 9950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400F. Also, the Ryzen 9 9950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11400F CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9950X CPU because of its 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.