AMD Athlon II X3 400e vs Intel Core i5-11600T Benchmark, comparison and differences


AMD Athlon II X3 400e		Intel Core i5-11600T
CPU comparison In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD Athlon II X3 400e and the Intel Core i5-11600T and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster. We compare the AMD Athlon II X3 400e 3 core processor released in Q3/2009 with the Intel Core i5-11600T which has 6 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2021.

AMD Athlon II (52)	Family	Intel Core i5 (331)
AMD Athlon II X3 (Rana) (12)	CPU group	Intel Core i 11000 (22)
1	Generation	11
Rana	Architecture	Rocket Lake S
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	Intel Core i5-10600T
--	Successor	Intel Core i5-12600T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Athlon II X3 400e is a 3 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz. The processor can compute 3 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i5-11600T clocks with 1.70 GHz (4.10 GHz), has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel.
AMD Athlon II X3 400e	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-11600T
3	Cores	6
3	Threads	12
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.20 GHz	Frequency	1.70 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.10 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.50 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Athlon II X3 400e	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-11600T
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 750
	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.30 GHz
--	GPU Generation	12
	Technology	14 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	32
--	Shader	256
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
--	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 750
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode
No	Codec AV1	Decode
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe Up to 16 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the AMD Athlon II X3 400e, while the Intel Core i5-11600T supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s enabled.
AMD Athlon II X3 400e	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-11600T
DDR3-1333	Memory	DDR4-3200
16 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	No
1.50 MB	L2 Cache	3.00 MB
--	L3 Cache	12.00 MB
2.0	PCIe version	4.0
--	PCIe lanes	20
--	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The AMD Athlon II X3 400e has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP of the Intel Core i5-11600T is 35 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.
AMD Athlon II X3 400e	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-11600T
45 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 W
--	TDP (PL2)	84 W @ 28 s
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	25 W
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Athlon II X3 400e has 1.50 MB cache and is manufactured in 45 nm. The cache of Intel Core i5-11600T is at 15.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.
AMD Athlon II X3 400e	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-11600T
45 nm	Technology	14 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
AM3	Socket	LGA 1200
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2009	Release date	Q1/2021
--	Release price	213 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X3 400e (21%)

Intel Core i5-11600T (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X3 400e (11%)

Intel Core i5-11600T (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X3 400e 3C 3T @ 2.20 GHz	280 (21%)
	Intel Core i5-11600T 6C 12T @ 4.10 GHz	1326 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X3 400e 3C 3T @ 2.20 GHz	765 (12%)
	Intel Core i5-11600T 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	6127 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Athlon II X3 400e 3C 3T @ 2.20 GHz	1317 (9%)
	Intel Core i5-11600T 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	13879 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Athlon II X3 400e 3C 3T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-11600T 6C 12T @ 4.10 GHz	1856 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Athlon II X3 400e 3C 3T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-11600T 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	6455 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Athlon II X3 400e @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-11600T Intel UHD Graphics 750 @ 1.30 GHz	666 (100%)


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AMD Athlon II X3 400e vs Intel Core i5-11600T

CPU comparison with benchmarks

CPU comparison

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Internal Graphics

Hardware codec support

Memory & PCIe

Thermal Management

Technical details