Intel Core i7-11850H vs AMD Ryzen Z1

Core i7-11850H vs Ryzen Z1 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Z1 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-11850H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen Z1 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Z1 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11850H. Also, the Ryzen Z1 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen Z1 outputs less heat than Core i7-11850H 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 i7-11850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.