i5-11400H vs Ryzen 9 9955HX

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 9955HX
2025
16 cores / 32 threads, 55 Watt
32.00
+267%

Ryzen 9 9955HX outperforms Core i5-11400H by a whopping 267% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking153963
Place by popularitynot in top-10042
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)Tiger Lake
Power efficiency24.5910.52
DesignerAMDIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameFire Range-HX (Zen 5) (2025)Tiger Lake-H (2021)
Release date6 January 2025 (less than a year ago)11 May 2021 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 9955HX and Core i5-11400H 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads3212
Base clock speedno data2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed5.4 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache1.3 MB96K (per core)
L2 cache16 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache64 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyno data10 nm SuperFin
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 9955HX and Core i5-11400H 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataFCBGA1787
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Core i5-11400H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 9955HX and Core i5-11400H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Core i5-11400H are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Core i5-11400H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.2 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 610M ( - 2200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.45 GHz
Execution Unitsno data16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 9 9955HX and Core i5-11400H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Core i5-11400H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680x4320@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Core i5-11400H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 9955HX and Core i5-11400H.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

Ryzen 9 9955HX 32.00
+267%
i5-11400H 8.71

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Ryzen 9 9955HX 56234
+267%
Samples: 139
i5-11400H 15310
Samples: 5023

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 9955HX 22114
+268%
i5-11400H 6006

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 9 9955HX 7230
+41.3%
i5-11400H 5116

7-Zip

Ryzen 9 9955HX 143206
+328%
i5-11400H 33444

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 9 9955HX 2218
+72.6%
i5-11400H 1285

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ryzen 9 9955HX 299
+46.5%
i5-11400H 204

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 9 9955HX 124
i5-11400H 662
+434%

Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 9955HX 19575
+210%
i5-11400H 6317

Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 9955HX 3225
+54.3%
i5-11400H 2090

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 32.00 8.71
Integrated graphics card 2.49 4.87
Recency 6 January 2025 11 May 2021
Physical cores 16 6
Threads 32 12
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 9 9955HX has a 267.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and 166.7% more physical cores and 166.7% more threads.

i5-11400H, on the other hand, has 95.6% faster integrated GPU, and 57.1% lower power consumption.

The AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Core i5-11400H in performance tests.

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