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

Core i5-11400H vs Ryzen 5 6600H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 6600H beats the Core i5-11400H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-11400H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores 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 i5-11400H. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i5-11400H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 6600H CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-11400H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 6600H. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 6600H has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-11400H.

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