AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i5-11400. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000G Intel Core i 11000
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core i5
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  4 11
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i5-10400
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 5000 Series -
• Successor
  - Intel Core i5-12400

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.6 GHz 2.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  6x -
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• CPU Threads
  12 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.2 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.2 GHz 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 4.2 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None Intel UHD Graphics 730
• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 24
• Generation
  - 12
• GPU Frequency
  - 350 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - 1300 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 64 GB
• Release date
  - Q1/2021
• Shader
  - 192
• Technology
  - 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-11400 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 128 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  51.2 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4-3200
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 -
• System Memory Specification
  3200 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Intel Core i5-11400 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  65 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  90 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 154 W / 56 s
• TDP down
  45 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Intel Core i5-11400, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cezanne (Zen 3) Rocket Lake S
• Codename
  Cezanne -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L1-Cache
  0.375 MB -
• L2-Cache
  3 MB 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 12 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  100-100000457BOX -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000457 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  2022-04-04 Q1/2021
• Socket
  AM4 LGA 1200
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 14 nm
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  AMD Wraith Stealth -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d