Intel Core i5-11600 vs Intel Core 7 240H

Core i5-11600 vs Core 7 240H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 7 240H is faster than the Core i5-11600. Despite this, the Core i5-11600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 7 240H has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i5-11600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 240H. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core 7 240H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-11600. The Core 7 240H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i5-11600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.