AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i5-11400
For gaming, the Intel Core i5-11400 is 2% ahead on our index. The rows below show where the other one still wins.
Gaming index 61 62
Cores 12 6
Threads 24 12
Top speed 4.6 GHz 4.4 GHz
Rated power 105 W 65 W
Games at recommended 223 223
Released20192021
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X better than the Intel Core i5-11400 for gaming?
No — on our gaming index the Intel Core i5-11400 scores 62 and the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 61.
What is the fastest graphics card each one can keep up with?
At 1440p, by our bottleneck model: the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT for the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti for the Intel Core i5-11400.