Intel Core i5-10500H vs Intel Core i5-11260H

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4357 points

4599 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6522 points

6626 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3693 points

3989 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3555 points

3862 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6321 points

7280 points

15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

88.96 points

110.00 points

23% slightly higher Blender score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

7387 points

8990 points

21% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5095 points

6055 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1447 points

1732 points

19% 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

2.5 GHz

2.6 GHz

4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

Identical

45 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

406th of 1,089

381st 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 November

2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-10500H vs Core i5-11260H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11260H beats the Core i5-10500H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10500H 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 i5-11260H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10500H. Despite this, the Core i5-10500H 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.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-10500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.