Intel Core i5-11400F vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 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
11380 points
100% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8320 points
10581 points
27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4844 points
11723 points
142% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4676 points
11982 points
156% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5719 points
15023 points
162% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.47 points
538.07 points
318% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
32
166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.4 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
55 W
18% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

277th of 1,089
61st of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 9000 Series

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

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-11400F vs Ryzen 9 9955HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11400F beats the Ryzen 9 9955HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9955HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 9955HX 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-11400F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9955HX outputs less heat than Core i5-11400F thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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

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