Intel Core i7-11850H vs Intel Core i5-1334U

Core i7-11850H vs Core i5-1334U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11850H beats the Core i5-1334U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-1334U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1334U has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i7-11850H that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-11850H has more threads than the Core i5-1334U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-11850H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1334U.

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 i7-11850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.