Intel Core i5-11400F vs Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

Core i5-11400F vs Core Ultra 5 226V specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 226V beats the Core i5-11400F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11400F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 226V has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-11400F has 6 cores. Despite this, the Core i5-11400F has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 226V. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 226V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 226V has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i5-11400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.