Intel Core i5-10500 vs Intel Core i5-11500

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-11500

Price

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$ 159.00

$ 40.00 slightly less expensive

$ 199.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4526 points

5262 points

16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6446 points

7888 points

22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3934 points

4465 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3805 points

4309 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7252 points

8307 points

14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

124.71 points

141.62 points

13% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5596 points

7631 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1501 points

1954 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5547 points

7239 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1529 points

2003 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

14% slightly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

4.6 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

387th of 1,089

314th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5

11th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-10500 vs Core i5-11500 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11500 is faster than the Core i5-10500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10500 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11500. Despite this, the Core i5-11500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-10500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.