Intel Core i7-11700 vs Intel Core i5-1235U

Core i7-11700 vs Core i5-1235U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11700 performs better than the Core i5-1235U. 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 slightly more cores than the Core i7-11700. Indeed, the Core i5-1235U has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-11700. Despite this, the Core i7-11700 has more threads than the Core i5-1235U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-11700 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1235U. Also, the Core i7-11700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1235U outputs less heat than Core i7-11700 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-11700 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-1235U. The Core i7-11700 also has slightly 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 i7-11700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.