Intel Core i5-11600 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 165H

Core i5-11600 vs Core Ultra 7 165H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 165H beats the Core i5-11600 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-11600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 165H has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-11600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 165H. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 165H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600. The Core Ultra 7 165H 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.