Intel Core i5-11400H vs Intel Core i5-3230M

Core i5-11400H vs Core i5-3230M specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11400H is faster than the Core i5-3230M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3230M in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-11400H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-3230M. Indeed, the Core i5-11400H has 6 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-3230M. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3230M. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11400H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3230M. Also, the Core i5-11400H 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 i5-11400H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.