Intel Core i5-11500T 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 11000 AMD Ryzen 5000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Ryzen
• Generation
  11 4
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-10500T AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen 5000 Series

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

• Base Frequency
  1.5 GHz 3.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 16
• CPU Threads
  12 32
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.9 GHz 4.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  3.3 GHz -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (16 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.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  32 -
• Generation
  12 -
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 750 None
• GPU Turbo
  1200 MHz -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Release date
  Q1/2021 -
• Shader
  256 -
• Technology
  14 nm -

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and Intel Core i5-11500T. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-11500T and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 105 W
• TDP (PL2)
  84 W / 28 s 142 W
• TDP down
  25 W -
• Default TDP
  - 105 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-11500T and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Rocket Lake S Vermeer (Zen 3)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  3 MB 8 MB
• L3-Cache
  12 MB 64 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2021 2020-11-05
• Socket
  LGA 1200 AM4
• Technology
  14 nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Vermeer