AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i5-11400

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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Price

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$ 339.99
$ 129.99
$ 210.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6549 points
15% slightly better overall score
5682 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points
8370 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6111 points
26% slightly better multitasking score
4847 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5988 points
28% slightly better heavy workload score
4675 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6209 points
8% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5721 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.59 points
28% slightly higher Blender score
144.07 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9081 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
7150 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1720 points
1888 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8236 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7262 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1703 points
1960 points
15% 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

3.9 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
65 W
61% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
6% slightly more L1 cache
480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
3 MiB

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

218th of 1,089
276th 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 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 3800X vs Core i5-11400 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3800X performs better than the Core i5-11400. 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 3800X has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11400. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400. Also, the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-11400 outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 3800X 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 7 3800X has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-11400. The Ryzen 7 3800X 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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