Intel Core i5-11400f review in Spanish (complete analysis)

A CPU always indispensable for its analysis will be the Intel Core i5-11400f, the most discreet version of the Rocket Lake range provided from 6 physical centers and 12 wires working at 4.4 GHz.Very interesting for players by having their integrated graphics deactivated and thus adjust the maximum its price to invest in a state -of -the -art graphics card.Do you want to know where this CPU is located compared to 10400F and the rest of Rocket Lake?Well we start the analysis.

First of all, we appreciate Intel's confidence deposited in us for giving this CPU for analysis

Intel Core i5-11400f características técnicas

Unboxing

We start as always by the analysis of Intel Core i5-11400f, which will consist of a simple small flexible cardboard box with the new most refined graphic design of the brand.For the rest, it will be the same as the previous generation, with the CPU placed aside, inside a semi -rigid and visible plastic blister.

Intel has included its mediocre dissipator in this processor as it is a mid -range version with blocked nuclei.This will come in a small rigid cardboard box next to the CPU, well isolated and with the thermal paste already applied.We will not find any other element in the interior except the guarantee documentation, so it is time to see its main rivals and incentives for this unit.

Exterior y principales alicientes del Intel Core i5-11400f

Next to 11900K and 11600K, this Intel Core i5-11400f is possibly the most interesting processor for purchase in the assembly or update of Setups Gaming.The main reason will be its relationship between yield and price, being the most economical CPU of 6 cores with a negligible 4.4 GHz boost.Very balanced and along with a 11500 as far as games are concerned, so, why spend more money?

Its 1080p performance will be less than 10600k, but instead for 2K and 4K it will be a practically equal option, since the processing weight is carried by our GPU as will be demonstrated later in the graphics.Other reasons for its indisputable success will be the versatility and capacity for multitasking, high load and the increase of IPC that this die die of 14 +++ NM to reach its fullness before saying goodbye forever for the benefit of Alder Lake architecture at 10 Nm.

Its main rival will be directly in the blue brand, being 11500 and the 11400 variant with activated graphics, which will make sense in case of buying dedicated graphics card.The Ryzen 5 5600X will be great as a rival both in price and in pure processing capacity, although it will be interesting to see the differences in games.They are different CPUs in almost everything except their number of nuclei, being rival of 11600k.

The design of this Intel Core i5-11400f remains invariant at least at the visual and external level, using an LGA format with 1200 contacts that will also change in the next generation.It seems that internally, either the dice or IHS itself have improved in terms of thermal performance, since we experience very stable temperatures in continuous stress processes. Por ejemplo, en este caso se han mantenido los 60^oC constantes con refrigeración líquida.

Dissipator de stock incluido

Little can we say that you no longer know about the stock dissipator that is included with Le Intel Core i5-11400f.This is the typical circular aluminum block with 80 cm fan at the top.The anchor is performed by 4 screws of half rotation, easily and quickly.

As for performance, it is not remarkable with its tight dimensions.It will simply comply with being a processor of not very high frequencies, but will suffer in hot environments and moderately badly refrigerated chassis.But its greatest inconvenience perhaps is the extremely noisy that is the fan, and little by the 2000 rpm it looks like a turbine.

In short, we would recommend buying a dissipator on our own, since for 20 euros or less we already have much better blocks such as the Arctic or the Nox.

Characteristics and internal architecture

Let's enter more details about the internal characteristics of the Intel Core i5-11400f, a CPU that premieres the Rocket Lake-S architecture.This will consist of a new soda of the 14 +++ NM transistors that should put the final touch to this die for the benefit of the 10 Nm for the 12th generation.Thanks to it, the CPU IPC is increased between 15 and 20% compared to Comet Lake, which is very much if we take into account that transistors remain the same size.

This CPU has a 6-physical and 12 logical count with Hyperthreading, in the case of the most discreet variant as far as frequency is concerned, and whose maximum exponent will be the i5-11600k.Here a base frequency of 2.6 GHz (2.90 of 10400f) and a turbo boost 2 frequency has been specified.0 of up to 4.4 GHz, being 100 MHz higher than the present in 10400f.The maneuver range increases substantially in this generation, with maximum higher and minimal quite low to improve temperatures in very difficult conditions.

This 11400F operates by default at a frequency of 4.2 GHz in all nuclei in stock configuration.It should be the same in the tests with the MSI MAG B560M Mortar Wifi motherboard as in the rest, including the Z590 that would not make much sense here.Thanks to technologies such as CPU Boost available on this plate, we can optimize a bit the performance of this CPU in Boost frequencies.Intel uses Turbo Boost 2 technology for this model.0, the least blunt when reserved version 3.0 and Thermal Velocity for the K series.In any case, the Boost will occur in the two most active cores of the processor as happened in the Comet Lake.

Being a processor without overclocking capacity, the TDP has set at 65W are the possibility of modification, so it will be the same as the previous generation. Igual que la temperatura máxima admisible en la unión de 100^oC a los cuales difícilmente llegaríamos.A key factor for price adjustment and gaming orientation is that this Intel Core i5-11400f belongs to the line with integrated graphics disabled.We will necessarily need a dedicated graphics card, unlike for example the 11400 that will have them activated, being the Intel UHD Graphics 730 with 24 execution units at 1.30 GHz maximum.

The cache configuration is also updated, being another reason for the IPC increase suffered in Rocket Lake.The L3 cache level remains in the 12 MB, keeping in a 16 -way associative set with smart cache function to manage all the capacity among the 6 cores available.The L2 level folds its capacity to 512 KB per core, adding a total of 3 MB, being key to increasing the amount of stored instructions.Finally L1 remains divided into L1D with 48 kb per nucleus and L1I with 32 kb per nucleus.This increase in the data part will again be a better ally for the increase in instruction processing.

I/OR IMPROVED AND PCIE 4 lanes.0

The input and output section or North Bridge of Intel Core i5-11400f has also suffered notable updates, although such as important as the PCIe lanes capacity we believe that it should have already been done in the previous generation.

The first of these improvements will be the increase in native RAM capacity to 128 GB of capacity at a 1: 1 frequency of 3200 MHz (2933 in the previous generation).This will not be an impediment to expand speed up to 5600 MHz with XMP 2 profiles.0 and the right plate.

Lanes capacity is extended to no less than 20 pcie 4.0 compared to 16 pcie 3.0 that brought the comet lake.It is one of the most important updates of the generation, as it significantly expands the capacity of the plates with a total of 44 lanes in Z590 or 40 lanes for H570.Among the novelties in connectivity we have support for Thunderbolt 4, Mac integrated for Wi-Fi 6 and 2.5g and Intel Optane Memory H20.Similarly, now we can use SSD PCIE 4.0 In these plates, specifically in the slot connected to the CPU.

To this is added the resizable technology present in the plates.This is a function that eliminates the limitations on vram memory shared directly to the CPU that was in 256 MB, to expand to the entire capacity of the dedicated GPU.It will be compatible from NVIDIA RTX 30 cards and AMD Radeon RX 6000.

Testing Bank and Performance Test

It was time to evaluate the performance of this Intel Core i5-11400f with the help of a MSI B560m Mag Mortar Wifi motherboard.More than enough to squeeze the stock performance that this CPU can give us with 16 GB of RAM to 3600 MHz.The test bank consists of the following elements:

Algunas de las pruebas para CPU Intel Rocket y AMD Ryzen 5000 han sido actualizadas con la NVIDIA RTX 3080 al ya experimentar cuellos de botella con la RTX 2080 Super que utilizábamos.From now on we will use this GPU for all tests.

Benchmarks (synthetic test)

It will be interesting to see in this batch of synthetic test where this CPU is located compared to 10400F and 11600k.So we have used the following tests:

The graphs that best record what the pure performance of the processor will be those of Cinebench, and in this case the 11400F does not disappoint in its increase in performance.In R15 we have an improvement in Multicore of 22% compared to 10400 that does not even leave the list for its discreet performance, and 21% in mono-nucleus, which will refer to the CPI.In R20 the same happens, with 24% improvements both in Multi and Mono-Core.Regarding its rivals in AMD, it presents some records similar to Ryzen 5 3600, but will be light years of 5600x.

The improvements will also be notable in the performance tests in 3D applications, and Fire Strike leaves us an increase of 14% and Time Spy of almost 12%, which is not bad.Again the data obtained in these tests resemble those of the Ryzen 5 3600, and stays quite close to 10600k, but 5600x and the 11600k escape a lot.In Blender manages to improve records at approximately 16% compared to 10400.

Game tests

La siguiente tanda de pruebas para el Intel Core i5-11400f consistirá en un total de 6 títulos en las tres resoluciones más utilizadas. Solamente mostramos los procesadores actualmente probados por nosotros con la NVIDIA RTX 3080, con los juegos:

The performance in games of this processor leaves us quite good in general, being consistently above the Ryzen 3000 in Full HD and very close in some cases of the Core i5-11600k.The differences are narrowed in 2K, until they finish equal to 4K for having much more weight the performance of the GPU.For this reason, it will be equally good processor for gaming 4k that 11900k for example.

Consumption and temperature

We have carried out a stress process of this CPU with a 240 mm liquid cooling system.The reason for not using the stock processor for these tests is not to distort this 11400F with the results of the rest of the processors, and be on equal terms.The prime95 test has been used to check temperatures and consumption, which have been monitored with Hwinfo.

Both in consumption and temperatures this processor has behaved impeccably as expected as it is a blocked variant.It will therefore be ideal for setting up a mini PC for example, or ITX game equipment that prioritize the power of your graphics card.

Palabras finales y conclusión acerca del Intel Core i5-11400f

We make the final balance of this processor, and the results are excellent especially in terms of games in games.It has shown that its brutal IPC increase greater than 20% make it very close to the best even in Full HD, and it will be a 2K and 4K guarantee CPU and we have a powerful graphics card.

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Its low cost also means that it is the most adjusted 6c/12T.This favors consumption and temperatures, and with a dissipator of 20 euros or less we will be quite left over to mount a mini PC for general tasks and even an Itx Gaming PC occupying little space.

The will be available for only 165 euros, being the most economical and better balanced Intel Rocket Lake.Very good choice for tight budgets, and remember that they have 20 PCIE 4 lanes.0 at our disposal for SSD Gen4, cards with Thunderbolt 4 and much more.

The Review Professional Team gives you the gold medal:

Intel Core i5-11400f

RENDIMIENTO UN HILO - 87%

RENDIMIENTO MULTI-HILO - 81%

PRECIO - 90%

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