Intel Core i5-11400F vs Intel Core Ultra 5 236V

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 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

5669 points
5724 points
0.97% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8320 points
8889 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4844 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
4771 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4676 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
4571 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.47 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
116.22 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.7 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
150% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
700% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

277th of 1,089
274th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-8533

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-11400F vs Core Ultra 5 236V benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 236V is faster than the Core i5-11400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11400F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 236V has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11400F. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 236V has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11400F. Despite this, the Core i5-11400F has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 236V. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-11400F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 236V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 236V has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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

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