Intel Core i5-11400T vs Intel Core i3-1215U

Core i5-11400T vs Core i3-1215U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-1215U performs better than the Core i5-11400T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11400T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-11400T has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-11400T has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1215U. Despite this, the Core i3-1215U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1215U outputs less heat than Core i5-11400T thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-1215U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-11400T. Despite this, the Core i5-11400T has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-1215U.

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