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Intel Core i5-11260H vs Intel Atom C2538

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-11260H
Rank 2 - 17 %
Intel Atom C2538
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-11260H
Rank 2 - 9 %
Intel Atom C2538
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-11260H
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
1,387
Intel Atom C2538
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
236
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-11260H
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
6,745
Intel Atom C2538
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
827

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At a glance

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Intel Core i5-11260HIntel Atom C2538
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Atom (108)
CPU groupIntel Core i 11000H (17)Intel Atom C2000 (7)
ArchitectureTiger Lake HAvoton
Technology10 nm22 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1787BGA 1283
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-11260HIntel Atom C2538
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 124 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 6x 4x
Frequency: 2.60 GHz 2.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache5.00 MB2.00 MB
L3-Cache12.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-11260HIntel Atom C2538
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (16 EU)no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 128 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology10 nm
Release dateQ2/2021

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-11260HIntel Atom C2538
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-11260HIntel Atom C2538
MemoryDDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe4.0 x 202.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth39.4 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-11260HIntel Atom C2538
TDP45 W15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down35 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-11260HIntel Atom C2538
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ2/2021Q3/2013
Release price250 $104 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-11260H
Intel Core i5-11260H
6C / 12T · 2.60 - 4.40 GHz
Intel Atom C2538
Intel Atom C2538
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz

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