AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Core i5-11400F

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 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

6264 points
10% slightly better overall score
5669 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7696 points
8320 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5820 points
20% slightly better multitasking score
4844 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5710 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score
4676 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6544 points
14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5719 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

175.52 points
36% slightly higher Blender score
128.47 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

14363 points
40% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
10235 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7263 points
7380 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1794 points
1895 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7587 points
7590 points
0.04% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1845 points
1979 points
7% 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

3.3 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

239th of 1,089
277th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
11th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 January
2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Core i5-11400F specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5900HX beats the Core i5-11400F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-11400F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-11400F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400F. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-11400F CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 9 5900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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