Intel Core i5-11400T vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

Core i5-11400T vs Ryzen 9 5900HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900HX performs better than the Core i5-11400T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11400T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11400T. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11400T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400T. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-11400T. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11400T CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-11400T. The Ryzen 9 5900HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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