Intel Core i5-11260H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 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

4599 points
5252 points
14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6626 points
7216 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3989 points
4621 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3862 points
4465 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

110.00 points
172.19 points
56% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6055 points
8481 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1732 points
2104 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.50 GHz
34% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.9 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
28 W
60% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

381st of 1,089
317th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2023 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-11260H vs Ryzen 5 7640U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11260H beats the Ryzen 5 7640U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7640U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11260H. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640U outputs less heat than Core i5-11260H thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-11260H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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