Intel Core i7-11850H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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

5853 points
5864 points
0.19% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7837 points
9087 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5248 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
4886 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5114 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
4689 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

147.63 points
34% slightly higher Blender score
109.57 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7819 points
8824 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1911 points
2229 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
150% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
700% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

271st of 1,099
270th of 1,099

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-11850H vs Core Ultra 5 226V benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 226V performs better than the Core i7-11850H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11850H in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-11850H has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11850H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 226V. Also, the Core i7-11850H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-11850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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