Intel Core i5-8265U vs Intel Core i7-11700

Core i5-8265U vs Core i7-11700 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11700 is faster than the Core i5-8265U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8265U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11700 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-8265U. Indeed, the Core i7-11700 has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-8265U. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8265U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-11700 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8265U. Also, the Core i7-11700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8265U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-11700 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-11700 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8265U. The Core i7-11700 also has significantly more 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 i5-8265U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.