Intel Core i5-11400H vs Intel Core i9-10900X

Core i5-11400H vs Core i9-10900X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900X is faster than the Core i5-11400H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11400H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10900X has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i5-11400H has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400H. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i5-11400H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-10900X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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.