Intel Core i5-11600 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (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

5920 points
1% slightly better overall score
5827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8284 points
9364 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5201 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
4788 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5041 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
4598 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

158.65 points
25% slightly higher Blender score
126.58 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7951 points
9679 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2104 points
2417 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
Identical
4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
150% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
14 MiB
366% 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
265th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-11600 vs Core Ultra 7 258V benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11600 is faster than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 258V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 258V has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-11600 has 6 cores. Despite this, the Core i5-11600 has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 258V. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 258V has significantly more L2 cache than 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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