Intel Core i5-11400H vs Intel Core Ultra 7 356H

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 16 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
5256 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7419 points
8162 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4441 points
4470 points
0.65% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4293 points
4367 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.69 GHz
41% slightly higher clock speed
1.9 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7.5 MiB
24 MiB
220% significantly more L2 cache

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

350th of 1,121
334th of 1,121

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-11400H vs Core Ultra 7 356H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 356H 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 Ultra 7 356H has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-11400H has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400H. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11400H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 356H. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 356H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-11400H. The Core Ultra 7 356H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.

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