Intel Core i5-11600 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135U

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 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

5920 points
5% slightly better overall score
5620 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8284 points
6% slightly better gaming score
7748 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5201 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
4993 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5041 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
4839 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

158.65 points
30% slightly higher Blender score
121.36 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7951 points
8338 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2104 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1948 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
33% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
10 MiB
233% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

258th of 1,089
285th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-11600 vs Core Ultra 5 135U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 135U is faster than the Core i5-11600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11600 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-11600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-11600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Also, the Core i5-11600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-11600. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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

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