Intel Core i5-11260H vs Intel Core i7-10875H

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

4599 points
5397 points
17% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6626 points
6900 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3989 points
4915 points
23% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3862 points
4798 points
24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7280 points
36% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5352 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

110.00 points
117.26 points
6% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

8990 points
9809 points
9% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5841 points
6599 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1703 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1492 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6055 points
6600 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1732 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1524 points

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

2.6 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.1 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

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

20
25% slightly more pcie lanes
16

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

576 KiB
12% slightly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

381st of 1,089
304th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
10th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-11260H vs Core i7-10875H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11260H is faster than the Core i7-10875H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10875H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-10875H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11260H. Indeed, the Core i7-10875H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11260H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11260H. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11260H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10875H. Despite this, the Core i7-10875H 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 i5-11260H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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