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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core i5-11400H. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
2024-08-08
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
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Q2/2021
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Intel Core i5-11400H
Intel Core i5-11400H

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 9600X or Intel Core i5-11400H? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X has a base frequency of 3.9 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2024-08-08.

Intel Core i5-11400H has a base frequency of 2.70 GHz. 6 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 45 W. Released in Q2/2021.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
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  • Higher clock speed

    Around 44% better clock speed

    3.9 GHz left arrow 2.70 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 20% higher specified turbo frequency

    5.4 GHz left arrow 4.50 GHz
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    141 left arrow place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    45 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-11400H CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    111 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    157 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    77 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    155 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    155 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    262 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    942 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
Intel Core i5-11400H Intel Core i5-11400H
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i5
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop left arrow Mobile
  • Series
    Ryzen 9000 Series left arrow -
  • CPU group
    - left arrow Intel Core i 11000H
  • Generation
    - left arrow 11
CPU Technical specs

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

  • Base Frequency
    3.9 GHz left arrow 2.7 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 6
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 12
  • Max. Boost Clock
    5.4 GHz left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    5.4 GHz left arrow 4.5 GHz
  • Core architecture
    - left arrow normal
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    - left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.7 GHz
IGPU

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 Frequency
    2200 MHz left arrow 350 MHz
  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon Graphics left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (16 EU)
  • Graphics Cores
    2 left arrow -
  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 16
  • Generation
    - left arrow 11
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow 1450 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q2/2021
  • Shader
    - left arrow 128
  • Technology
    - left arrow 10 nm
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    - left arrow Decode
  • H.264 / AVC
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    - left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    - left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-11400H and AMD Ryzen 5 9600X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR5 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • PCIe
    PCIe 5.0 left arrow -
  • ECC
    - left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 128 GB
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 4.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    - left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and Intel Core i5-11400H 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 left arrow -
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    95 °C left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
    65 W left arrow -
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    - left arrow 45 W
  • TDP down
    - left arrow 35 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and Intel Core i5-11400H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Zen 5 left arrow Tiger Lake H
  • Codename
    Granite Ridge AM5 left arrow -
  • I/O die process
    TSMC 6nm FinFET left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    6 MB left arrow 5 MB
  • L3-Cache
    32 MB left arrow 12 MB
  • Release date
    2024-08-08 left arrow Q2/2021
  • Socket
    AM5 left arrow BGA 1787
  • Technology
    TSMC 4nm FinFET left arrow 10 nm
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    - left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    - left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • Virtualization
    - left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

More results: 6

Intel Core i5-11400H

Results with primary test sources

Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.

Model TestResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Cinebench 2024 / multi-core 986 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Cinebench 2024 / single-core 134 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Cinebench R15 / multi-core 2630 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Cinebench R15 / single-core 341 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Cinebench R20 / multi-core 6719 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Cinebench R20 / single-core 858 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Cinebench R23 / multi-core 17176 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Cinebench R23 / single-core 2180 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 12 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 9080.095523 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 12 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / B850M GAMING X WIFI6E
Duration: 110.131 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 1M / 6 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i5-11400H 4156.483283 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 1M / 6 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Duration: 240.588 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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