Intel Core i7-11390H vs Intel Core i5-1235U

Core i7-11390H vs Core i5-1235U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11390H beats the Core i5-1235U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1235U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1235U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-11390H. Indeed, the Core i5-1235U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-11390H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11390H. The Core i5-1235U outputs less heat than Core i7-11390H thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-11390H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.