Intel Core i5-11400H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 3 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

5137 points
2% slightly better overall score
5020 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7413 points
8% slightly better gaming score
6843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4443 points
4448 points
0.11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4295 points
4307 points
0.28% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5385 points
5545 points
2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

107.17 points
141.41 points
31% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
100% significantly more cores
3

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
100% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.69 GHz
3.6 GHz
33% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
85% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7.5 MiB
150% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

333rd of 1,089
345th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-11400H vs Ryzen 5 5500GT specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-11400H performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500GT in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-11400H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Indeed, the Core i5-11400H has 6 cores compared to 3 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500GT. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500GT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400H. Despite this, the Core i5-11400H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11400H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500GT CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-11400H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500GT has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-11400H.

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

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