Intel Core i5-11500 vs Intel CoreT i5-13500H

Core i5-11500 vs CoreT i5-13500H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the CoreT i5-13500H performs better than the Core i5-11500. Despite this, the Core i5-11500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the CoreT i5-13500H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-11500. Indeed, the CoreT i5-13500H has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11500. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the CoreT i5-13500H.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-11500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.