Intel Core i5-11500 vs Intel Core i3-1315U

Core i5-11500 vs Core i3-1315U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11500 is faster than the Core i3-1315U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1315U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-11500 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1315U. Also, the Core i5-11500 has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i5-11500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.