Intel Core i5-11500H vs Intel Core 5 210H

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 8 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

5529 points
5640 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7840 points
8677 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4827 points
0.92% slightly better multitasking score
4783 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4665 points
0.78% slightly better heavy workload score
4629 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

125.39 points
130.38 points
3% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
31% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4.8 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

301st of 1,102
294th of 1,102

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-11500H vs Core 5 210H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core 5 210H beats the Core i5-11500H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11500H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 5 210H has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-11500H that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11500H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 210H. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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

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