Intel Core i5-11400H vs Intel Core 5 120U

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 1) 10 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

5137 points
18% slightly better overall score
4342 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7413 points
3% slightly better gaming score
7190 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4443 points
25% slightly better multitasking score
3534 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4295 points
27% slightly better heavy workload score
3381 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

107.17 points
24% slightly higher Blender score
85.75 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6415 points
7114 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1824 points
2111 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.69 GHz
92% significantly higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7.5 MiB
15% slightly more L2 cache
6.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

333rd of 1,089
407th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Core (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-11400H vs Core 5 120U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-11400H performs better than the Core 5 120U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 5 120U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 5 120U has significantly more cores than the Core i5-11400H. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11400H. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11400H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-11400H has slightly more L2 cache than the Core 5 120U. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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

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