Intel Core i9-11900H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 6 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

5635 points
5757 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8064 points
2% slightly better gaming score
7870 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4910 points
5067 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4760 points
4903 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

144.70 points
144.95 points
0.18% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.00 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
133% significantly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
96 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

296th of 1,104
282nd of 1,104

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2025 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i9-11900H vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D is faster than the Core i9-11900H. Despite this, the Core i9-11900H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-11900H has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11900H. Despite this, the Core i9-11900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-11900H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500X3D CPU because of its significantly 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 i9-11900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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