Intel Core i7-11850H vs Intel Core i7-8850H

Core i7-11850H vs Core i7-8850H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11850H performs better than the Core i7-8850H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8850H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-11850H has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-8850H that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8850H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-8850H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11850H. Despite this, the Core i7-11850H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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