Intel Core i7-11700K vs Intel Core i7-5500U

Core i7-11700K vs Core i7-5500U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11700K beats the Core i7-5500U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5500U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-11700K has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-5500U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5500U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5500U. Also, the Core i7-11700K has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-5500U outputs less heat than Core i7-11700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-5500U. The Core i7-11700K 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 i7-11700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.