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

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 16 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

6621 points
6976 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9474 points
9640 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5722 points
6199 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5531 points
6011 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

156.80 points
193.42 points
23% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
22
83% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
178% significantly higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
18 MiB
1100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
24 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

215th of 1,089
196th 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

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-11600K vs Core Ultra 7 165H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11600K is faster than the Core Ultra 7 165H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 165H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 165H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-11600K. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 165H has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 165H. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 165H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600K. 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 i5-11600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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