Intel Core i7-11800H vs Intel Core i7-5500U

Core i7-11800H vs Core i7-5500U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11800H performs better than the Core i7-5500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5500U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11800H has significantly more cores than the Core i7-5500U. Indeed, the Core i7-11800H has 8 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-5500U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5500U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-5500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11800H. Despite this, the Core i7-11800H has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-5500U outputs less heat than Core i7-11800H thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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