AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i5 11400F

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5500, vs Intel Core i5 11400F. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Intel Core i5 11400F
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
1358
Intel Core i5 11400F
1339
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
10412
Intel Core i5 11400F
10235
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
78
Intel Core i5 11400F
84
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
549
Intel Core i5 11400F
522
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
3057
Intel Core i5 11400F
2987
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
19342
Intel Core i5 11400F
16949
Integer Math65.2 GOps/s57.7 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math36.8 GOps/s34.2 GOps/s
Prime Number Search57 M primes/s51 M primes/s
Random String Sort24.7 M strings/s24.2 M strings/s
Data Encryption14.9 GB/s10.3 GB/s
Data Compression245.5 MB/s209.4 MB/s
Physics898 frames/s842 frames/s
Extended Instructions172 M matrices/s15 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
1961
Intel Core i5 11400F
2072
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
8220
Intel Core i5 11400F
8195
File Compression819.4 MB/s681.4 MB/s
Clang Compilation61.3 KLines/s59.6 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser147.3 pages/s169.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering233.2 MP/sec242 MP/sec
Text Processing191.9 pages/s201.4 pages/s
Background Blur40.4 frames/s42.5 frames/s
Photo Processing61.4 frames/s68.9 frames/s
Ray Tracing15.4 MP/sec13.6 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
143.63
Intel Core i5 11400F
133.53

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 126.5 PPW 126.1 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 297.6 PPW 260.8 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 8.4 PPW 8 PPW
Blender / W 2.21 PPW 2.05 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced March, 15, 2022 March, 16, 2021
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Rocket Lake
Model number n/a i5-11400F
Integrated GPU No No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Frequency 3.6 GHz 2.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.2 GHz 4.4 GHz
General
Cores count66
Threads count1212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a8 GT/s
Multiplier36x26x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total12 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Process tech. 7 nm 14 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Socket AM4 LGA-1200
Critical temp. 90 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
Max Size 128 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 47.68 GB 50 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 20

Results

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