amd ryzen 5 3600 vs intel core i5 11400f

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (Desktop) 6-cores against Intel Core i5 11400F (Desktop) 6-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and Intel Core i5 11400F
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Around 1.2 GB/s (2%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 20 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14
  • Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Intel Core i5 11400F
  • Newer released 2 years later
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
10277
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3023
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
17827
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1554
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 5 3600 and core i5 11400f

General

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Intel Core i5 11400F
Vendor AMD Intel
Released July 7 2019 May 19 2021
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Matisse Rocket Lake-S
Socket AM4 FCLGA1200
Integrated GPU -

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Intel Core i5 11400F
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Base Frequency 3.6 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.2 GHz 4.4 GHz
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 32 MB (shared) 12 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Power

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Intel Core i5 11400F
Fabrication process 7 nm, 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Intel Core i5 11400F
Memory types DDR4 Dual-channel DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.196 GB/s 50 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Intel Core i5 11400F
Integrated Graphics -

Misc

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Intel Core i5 11400F
Official site AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page Intel Core i5 11400F official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 11400F or AMD Ryzen 5 3600?