Intel Core i5-7400 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 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

2237 points

7025 points

214% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4164 points

8549 points

105% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1701 points

6518 points

283% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1632 points

6374 points

290% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3132 points

6835 points

118% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

43.28 points

184.59 points

326% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3137 points

9429 points

200% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1144 points

1960 points

71% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3282 points

9459 points

188% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1193 points

1979 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

3.30 GHz

10% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

4.9 GHz

40% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

512 KiB

100% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

4 MiB

300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB

16 MiB

166% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

675th of 1,089

192nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7400 vs Ryzen 9 6900HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 6900HX performs better than the Core i5-7400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7400 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 6900HX has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-7400 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7400. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-7400. Also, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 6900HX outputs less heat than Core i5-7400 thanks to a significantly 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 6900HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-7400. The Ryzen 9 6900HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Core i5-7400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.