Intel Core i5-11260H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 11000H AMD Ryzen 5000
• Generation
  11 4
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD Ryzen
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Predecessor
  - AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Turbo (6 Cores)
  3.60 GHz -
• CPU Threads
  12 32
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.40 GHz 4.90 GHz
• CPU Cores
  6 16
• Frequency
  2.60 GHz 3.40 GHz
• Turbo (16 Cores)
  - 4.20 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.

• Release date
  Q2/2021 -
• Technology
  10 nm -
• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Generation
  11 -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Shader
  128 -
• Execution units
  16 -
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.40 GHz -
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz -
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (16 EU) None
• Graphics verification source
  - https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html

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

• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and Intel Core i5-11260H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• PCIe lanes
  20 20
• PCIe version
  4.0 4.0
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-11260H and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C
• TDP down
  35 W -
• TDP (PL1)
  45 W 105 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 142 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-11260H and Intel Core i5-11260H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q4/2020
• Socket
  BGA 1787 AM4
• Technology
  10 nm 7 nm
• Architecture
  Tiger Lake H Vermeer (Zen 3)
• L3-Cache
  12.00 MB 64.00 MB
• L2-Cache
  5.00 MB 8.00 MB
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)