Intel Core i7 11800H vs i5 13500H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.9-2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 11800H with 8-cores against the 2.6 GHz i5 13500H with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13500H and 11800H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11800H
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13500H
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) integrated graphics: 1.9 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 25% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2451 vs 1962 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 392 570
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 1974 3478

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
11249
File compression 765.8 MB/sec 1040 MB/sec
Clang compilation 64.3 Klines/sec 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 189.5 pages/sec 277.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 281.6 Mpixels/sec 349.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 186.6 pages/sec 245.9 pages/sec
Background blur 37.7 images/sec 47.8 images/sec
Photo processing 78.7 images/sec 101.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.3 Mpixels/sec 15.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 699 & 501 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
20909
Integer math 70.2 GOps/sec 71.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41.7 GOps/sec 51.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 83M Primes/sec 73M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 28M Strings/sec 27.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12 GBytes/sec 14.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 233.7 MBytes/sec 248.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 919 Frames/sec 1257 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.7B Matrices/sec 14.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 12773 & 1766 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
170.75

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.6 PPW 17.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 199.7 PPW 250 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 435.4 PPW 464.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.44 PPW 3.79 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 11800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (peppew517)Cinebench 202487 / 667
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (peppew517)Cinebench 20260 / 0
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (peppew517)Geekbench 6 CPU2193 / 10451
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (MSI)Cinebench 2026392 / 1974
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (SMS)Geekbench 6 CPU2006 / 9389
Intel Core i5 13500H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-08 (jhu)Cinebench 2026570 / 3478
πŸ“˜ 2023-11-26 (SAIMON)Cinebench 202458 / 615

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 11800H and i5 13500H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released May 11, 2021 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Raptor Lake
Model number i7-11800H i5-13500H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800H - AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Intel CPU rating (194th and 140th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 16 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.9-2.3 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 8
E-Threads - 8
Base Frequency (E) - 1.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 12
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 19-23x 26x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 95 W
Socket BGA-1787 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 256 640
TMUs 16 40
ROPs 8 20
Execution Units 32 80
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.7 TFLOPS
1.9 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 11800H official page Intel Core i5 13500H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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