Intel Core i5-11400F vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

Core i5-11400F vs Ryzen 9 9950X3D specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D beats the Core i5-11400F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11400F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-11400F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400F. Also, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11400F CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-11400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.