Intel Core i5-11400T vs Intel Core i5-8500T

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i5 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

3254 points
4% slightly better overall score
3124 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4938 points
5063 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2740 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
2528 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2640 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
2428 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

105.96 points
86% significantly higher Blender score
56.83 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5472 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4152 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1568 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1193 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
100% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.3 GHz
2.1 GHz
61% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
Identical
35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
25% slightly more pcie lanes
16

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

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
9 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

504th of 1,089
521st of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-11400T vs Core i5-8500T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8500T is faster than the Core i5-11400T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11400T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-11400T has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-8500T has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-11400T. Despite this, the Core i5-11400T 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. In terms of cache, the Core i5-11400T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8500T. The Core i5-11400T also has slightly 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 i5-11400T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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