Intel Core i5-10500 vs Intel Core i7-11390H

Core i5-10500 vs Core i7-11390H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-10500 performs better than the Core i7-11390H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11390H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-10500 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-11390H that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11390H. The Core i7-11390H outputs less heat than Core i5-10500 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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.