Intel Core i5-11500 vs Intel Core i5-11260H

Core i5-11500 vs Core i5-11260H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11500 is faster than the Core i5-11260H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11260H in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11260H. Also, the Core i5-11500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-11260H outputs less heat than Core i5-11500 thanks to a 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 i5-11500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.