Intel Core i5-11400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Last updated: 2024-01-09

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-11400		AMD Ryzen 5 5600
CPU comparison Intel Core i5-11400 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Core i5-11400 has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-11400 was released in Q1/2021. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 was released in Q2/2022.

Intel Core i5 (331)	Family	AMD Ryzen 5 (84)
Intel Core i 11000 (22)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 5000 (12)
11	Generation	4
Rocket Lake S	Architecture	Vermeer (Zen 3)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
Intel Core i5-10400	Predecessor	AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
Intel Core i5-12400	Successor	AMD Ryzen 5 7600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i5-11400 has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-11400 is 2.60 GHz (4.40 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 has 6 CPU cores and 12 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 is at 3.50 GHz (4.40 GHz).
Intel Core i5-11400	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 5600
6	Cores	6
12	Threads	12
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
2.60 GHz	Frequency	3.50 GHz
4.40 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.40 GHz
4.20 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	4.20 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.
Intel Core i5-11400	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 5600
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Intel Core i5-11400 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Intel UHD Graphics 730	GPU	no iGPU
0.35 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.30 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
12	GPU Generation	--
14 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
24	Compute units	--
192	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
64 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	--

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.
Intel UHD Graphics 730	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
Decode	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i5-11400 can use up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.
Intel Core i5-11400	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 5600
DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR4-3200
128 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	No
3.00 MB	L2 Cache	3.00 MB
12.00 MB	L3 Cache	32.00 MB
4.0	PCIe version	4.0
20	PCIe lanes	20
39.4 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i5-11400 is 65 W, while the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i5-11400	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 5600
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
154 W @ 56 s	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	45 W
100 °C	Tjunction max.	95 °C
Technical details The Intel Core i5-11400 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 15.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 35.00 MB cache.
Intel Core i5-11400	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 5600
14 nm	Technology	7 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 1200	Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2021	Release date	Q2/2022
182 $	Release price	199 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-11400 (96%)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 6 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-11400 (88%)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	85 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	85 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	593 (90%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	657 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1402 (93%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1504 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	10155 (92%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	11077 (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.


	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1513 (98%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1538 (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.


	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	7270 (91%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	8009 (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.


	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1978 (95%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	2087 (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.


	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	7895 (90%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	8816 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	529 (92%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	574 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	3888 (87%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	4479 (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.


	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	17082 (79%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	21620 (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.


	Intel Core i5-11400 Intel UHD Graphics 730 @ 1.30 GHz	499 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	135 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	565 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz	4249 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	216 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1598 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 (6C 12T) is currently enjoying great popularity and is currently one of the best-selling processors for AMD's Socket AM4 platform.

But why is the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 so cheap and what disadvantages does the buyer have to accept? We clarify that in this article. But first we have to dive a little into the technology of the current Zen 3 processors in order to understand what kind of exotic cpu AMD has actually created with the AMD Ryzen 5 5500.

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