Intel Core i5-11500 vs Intel Core i5-1334U

Core i5-11500 vs Core i5-1334U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-1334U performs better than the Core i5-11500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1334U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-11500 that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1334U.

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.