[Comparison] AMD Ryzen 5 6600H vs Intel Core i5-11400H – The Core i5 offers a lot of value

While Alder Lake was the finishing blow, Tiger Lake started Intel’s resurgence. The 11th Gen 45W CPUs were very underrated last year and still are. While they aren’t as efficient as AMD’s offerings, they could still perform very well when paired with capable cooling.

In 2022, AMD has been on the back foot, with the Ryzen 5 6600H not being up to stuff when it comes to competing with Alder Lake. Since the AMD CPU is a new arrival in our office, we want to put it against the Core i5-11400H to see if the new chip is worth spending a premium on a new laptop.

Today we’re comparing the AMD Ryzen 5 6600H against the Intel Core i5-11400H.

Here is our Top Laptop CPU Ranking, which has the best laptop CPUs in a list, based on performance.

You can find more information about both CPUs here: AMD Ryzen 5 6600H / Intel Core i5-11400H

Specs table

AMD Ryzen 5 6600HIntel Core i5-11400H
ArchitectureZen 3+Tiger Lake H45
Cores / Threads6/126/12
Clock Speeds – Base/Boost3.30 – 4.50 GHz2.20 – 4.50 GHz
Cache19MB12MB
Lithography6nm10nm
TDP45W45W
Memory type

DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-5200

DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267
Integrated GPUAMD Radeon 660MIntel UHD Graphics Xe 750 (16EU)

CPU benchmarks

The AMD CPU is 11% quicker in 3D Rendering, however, the Core i5 finishes the Photoshop benchmark with a lead of nearly a second.

Results are from the Cinebench R23 CPU test (the higher the score, the better)

Results are from our Photoshop benchmark test (the lower the score, the better)


Conclusion

Intel has kept its superiority in 2D Rendering, resulting in better Photoshop performance. However, the AMD Ryzen 5 6600H is still more powerful in 3D Rendering. Both laptops are very good for gaming, especially when paired with a good GPU. If you want to get into creator work, you might want to consider an Intel CPU, since the integrated graphics inside are very good for productivity and video rendering. It can also work in tandem with a dedicated graphics card, speeding up all of your work.

All laptops with the AMD Ryzen 5 6600H:


All laptops with the Intel Core i5-11400H:

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