AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i5-11400H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i5 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

6345 points
23% slightly better overall score
5137 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points
3% slightly better gaming score
7413 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points
33% slightly better multitasking score
4443 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points
34% slightly better heavy workload score
4295 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6052 points
12% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5385 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points
68% significantly higher Blender score
107.17 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8116 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6310 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1623 points
1799 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8090 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6415 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1674 points
1824 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) 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

3.6 GHz
33% slightly higher clock speed
2.69 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
576 KiB
12% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
7.5 MiB
87% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

233rd of 1,089
333rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
11th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core i5-11400H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 3700X is faster than the Core i5-11400H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11400H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 3700X has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11400H. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11400H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-11400H. Despite this, the Core i5-11400H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-11400H outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 3700X thanks to a significantly 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 7 3700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3700X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-11400H.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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