i5-11400F vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
2018
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.35
Core i5-11400F
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
11.13
+156%

Core i5-11400F outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U by a whopping 156% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Core i5-11400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1373719
Place by popularitynot in top-10038
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data39.63
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency26.4415.61
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Rocket Lake (2021)
Release date8 January 2018 (6 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$157

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Core i5-11400F basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads812
Base clock speed2 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache384 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size209.78 mm2276 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4950 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Core i5-11400F compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFP5FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Core i5-11400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Core i5-11400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Core i5-11400F are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Core i5-11400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s50 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Core i5-11400F.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1220

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4.35
i5-11400F 11.13
+156%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 6661
i5-11400F 17029
+156%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 877
i5-11400F 1980
+126%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 2581
i5-11400F 7625
+195%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4349
i5-11400F 6210
+42.8%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 14336
i5-11400F 44220
+208%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 5635
i5-11400F 13359
+137%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 12.36
i5-11400F 4.09
+202%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 6
i5-11400F 18
+190%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 553
i5-11400F 1574
+185%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 134
i5-11400F 210
+56.7%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 1.55
i5-11400F 2.23
+43.9%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 3.4
i5-11400F 8.7
+156%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 34
i5-11400F 92
+170%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 98
i5-11400F 258
+164%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 2700
i5-11400F 7147
+165%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 3135
i5-11400F 7681
+145%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 1007
+247%
i5-11400F 290

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 887
i5-11400F 1575
+77.6%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 4102
i5-11400F 5466
+33.3%

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 2794
i5-11400F 41522
+1386%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.35 11.13
Recency 8 January 2018 16 March 2021
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 8 12
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U has 333.3% lower power consumption.

i5-11400F, on the other hand, has a 155.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

The Core i5-11400F is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U is a notebook processor while Core i5-11400F is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U and Core i5-11400F, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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