Intel Core i7-11800H vs Intel Core 7 240H

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6296 points
8164 points
29% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8432 points
10592 points
25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5628 points
7427 points
31% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5474 points
7270 points
32% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

150.35 points
188.37 points
25% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
2.5 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.2 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
Identical
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

236th of 1,089
141st of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-11800H vs Core 7 240H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11800H beats the Core 7 240H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 7 240H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 7 240H has slightly more cores than the Core i7-11800H. Indeed, the Core 7 240H has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-11800H. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11800H. Also, the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-11800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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