Intel Core i5-11400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Intel Core i5-11400
Intel Socket 1200DESKTOP
2600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2021
Intel Core i5-11400
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-11400

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 AMD Ryzen 5 1600X.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

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

Intel Core i5-11400

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-11400

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-11400AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
AVX512F
FMA3
SHA
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
ABM
ADX
RdRand
TBT 2.0
TBT 3.0
3DNow!
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
XFR

Architecture

Intel Core i5-11400AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
ArchitectureIntel Rocket LakevsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameRocket LakevsZen
Release DateMar 2021vsJun 2017

Cores

Intel Core i5-11400AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Cores6vs6
Threads12vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 730vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i5-11400AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache12MB (shared)vs16384 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-11400AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
SocketIntel Socket 1200vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1200vsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs192mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-11400AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Cpu Frequency2600 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock4400 MHzvs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-11400
    5280 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    4070 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-11400
    22464 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    26571 points

Points - higher is better