Intel Core i5-11400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 11000 AMD Ryzen 3000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  11 3
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-10400 AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• 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
  2.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• CPU Threads
  12 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.4 GHz 4.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4.2 GHz 4 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
  24 -
• Generation
  12 -
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 730 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  1300 MHz No turbo
• 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
  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 / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and Intel Core i5-11400. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-11400 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 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 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  154 W / 56 s -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-11400 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Rocket Lake S Matisse (Zen 2)
• 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 -
• L3-Cache
  12 MB 32 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q4/2019
• Socket
  LGA 1200 AM4
• Technology
  14 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM