Intel Core i5-11400H vs Intel Core i7-11600H

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i7 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

5137 points
5170 points
0.64% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7413 points
2% slightly better gaming score
7209 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4443 points
4538 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4295 points
4400 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

107.17 points
107.90 points
0.68% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6415 points
6559 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1824 points
1926 points
5% 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

2.69 GHz
2.92 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
4.6 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

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
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7.5 MiB
Identical
7.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
18 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

333rd of 1,089
329th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
11th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2021 August

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 i7-11600H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11400H is faster than the Core i7-11600H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11600H in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11600H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400H. Also, the Core i7-11600H has a slightly higher turbo speed. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-11600H also has significantly more 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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