AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core i5 11400

[ VERDICT ] Winner: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 (97/100)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core i5 11400 (44/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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Intel Core i5 11400
Intel

Intel Core i5 11400

44/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 11400
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 42.0 Poor
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 58.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 11400
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 2.6 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 26x
P-Cores 16 6
P-Threads 32 12
Total Cores 16 6
Total Threads 32 12
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 4.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Bus Bandwidth — 8 GT/s

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 11400
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 11400
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 41.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 62.8 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 557 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 172.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 274.2 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 71.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 13.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 205.9 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 11400
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Rocket Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics UHD Graphics 730
Model number 9950X3D2 i5-11400
Released March 26, 2026 March 17, 2021
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Successor — -Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 11400
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 50 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR4-3200

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 11400
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core i5 11400 official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 20
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TBT 3.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 11400
Fabrication Process 4 nm 14 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W —
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 LGA-1200
TDP (PL1) 200 W 65 W

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 11400
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 2.25 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 7.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 126.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 255.8 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 11400
Execution Units 2 24
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1300 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 730
ROPs 4 24
Shading Units 128 192
TGP 15 W 15 W
TMUs 8 48

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 11400
Data compression — 205.9 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 10.2 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 14.8B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 49M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 34 GOps/sec
Integer math — 57.5 GOps/sec
Physics — 790 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 24M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 11400
Date — Benchmark
📘 2023-11-22(Tedra) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-01-04(anon) — Cinebench 2024

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