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Intel Core i7 8850H vs i7 11850H

30 out of 100
Intel Core i7 8850H
VS
43 out of 100
Intel Core i7 11850H
Intel Core i7 8850H
Intel Core i7 11850H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 8850H with 6-cores against the 2.1-2.5 GHz i7 11850H with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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 11850H and 8850H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11850H
  • Has 15 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) integrated graphics: 0.7 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 3 years and 2 months later
  • 48% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2043 vs 1385 points
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
  • 12% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 8850H
vs
Core i7 11850H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i7 8850H
1385
Core i7 11850H +48%
2043
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 8850H
5274
Core i7 11850H +63%
8613
File compression 374.2 MB/sec 715.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 38.8 Klines/sec 65.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 123.3 pages/sec 178.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 162.6 Mpixels/sec 291.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 143.2 pages/sec 186.3 pages/sec
Background blur 28.9 images/sec 39.6 images/sec
Photo processing 45 images/sec 69.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 8.62 Mpixels/sec 12.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 553 & 608 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 8850H
2348
Core i7 11850H +29%
3035
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 8850H
10044
Core i7 11850H +95%
19597
Integer math 37 GOps/sec 71.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 22.6 GOps/sec 42 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 28M Primes/sec 82M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 18.8M Strings/sec 28M Strings/sec
Data encryption 3.5 GBytes/sec 12.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 140.1 MBytes/sec 233 MBytes/sec
Physics 636 Frames/sec 900 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 8.7B Matrices/sec 15.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 3658 & 3913 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 8850H
85.95
Core i7 11850H +83%
157.35

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 6.1 PPW 9.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 117.2 PPW 191.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 223.2 PPW 435.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.91 PPW 3.5 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
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Intel Core i7 11850H
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๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-20 (talhaIAQ)Geekbench 6 CPU2361 / 9844
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-12-12 (Okoram)Cinebench 202476 / 416
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 8850H and i7 11850H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released April 3, 2018 May 11, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i7-8850H i7-11850H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU)
Successor - Intel Core i7 11850H -
Intel CPU rating (#200th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 2.1-2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4.8 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 8
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 27x 21-25x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 9MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 45 W 35-45 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1440 BGA-1787
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU)
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1150 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 192 256
TMUs 24 16
ROPs 3 8
Execution Units 24 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 8850H
0.4 TFLOPS
Core i7 11850H +75%
0.7 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU) compared to Graphics 630

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2666
- LPDDR3-2133		 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 8850H official page Intel Core i7 11850H official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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