AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i5-11400

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core i5-11400 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 3700X beats the Core i5-11400 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-11400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 3700X has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11400. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400. Both the Ryzen 7 3700X and Core i5-11400 have the same clock speed. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 3700X has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-11400. The Ryzen 7 3700X also has significantly 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 Ryzen 7 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.