AMD Ryzen 5 3550H vs Intel Core i5-6400

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
AMD Socket FP5MOBILE
2100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
Intel Core i5-6400
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6400

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-6400.
Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6400

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 3550HIntel Core i5-6400
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 3550HIntel Core i5-6400
ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsIntel_Skylake
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenamePicassovsSkylake
Release DateJan 2019vsJul 2015

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 3550HIntel Core i5-6400
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 8vsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 3550HIntel Core i5-6400
L1 Cache128K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache1MB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 3550HIntel Core i5-6400
SocketAMD Socket FP5vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process12 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3550HIntel Core i5-6400
Cpu Frequency2100 MHzvs2700 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3300 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP35 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
    4070 points
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    3795 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
    11272 points
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    12420 points

Points - higher is better