Intel Core i5-10600K vs Intel Core i7-11800H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 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

5576 points
6296 points
12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7752 points
8432 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4881 points
5628 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4723 points
5474 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5401 points
6720 points
24% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

134.52 points
150.35 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

10475 points
14088 points
34% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6883 points
8024 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1630 points
1892 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6842 points
7795 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1687 points
1896 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.1 GHz
78% significantly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
45 W
177% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
768 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
24 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

287th of 1,089
236th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
11th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-10600K vs Core i7-11800H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11800H beats the Core i5-10600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10600K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-11800H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-10600K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-10600K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11800H. Also, the Core i5-10600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-11800H outputs less heat than Core i5-10600K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 i5-10600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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