Intel Core i5-8259U vs Intel Core i7-11850H

Core i5-8259U vs Core i7-11850H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11850H performs better than the Core i5-8259U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8259U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-11850H has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-8259U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8259U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11850H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8259U. Also, the Core i7-11850H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8259U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-11850H CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-8259U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.