Intel Core i5-11500 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i5-11500 is a 6 core processor. It can handle 12 threads simultaneously and was introduced in Q1/2021. The Intel Core i5-11500 is based on the 11. generation of the Intel Core i5 series and requires a mainboard with the socket LGA 1200. The Intel Core i5-11500 scores 1,547 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 7,430 points.
Intel Core i5-11500

CPU lineage

Here you can see which group the Intel Core i5-11500 belongs to and which processor is the predecessor of the Intel Core i5-11500.

Name: Intel Core i5-11500
Family: Intel Core i5 (331)
CPU group: Intel Core i 11000 (22)
Architecture: Rocket Lake S
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 11
Predecessor: Intel Core i5-10500
Successor: Intel Core i5-12500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 6 CPU cores of the Intel Core i5-11500 clock with 2.70 GHz (4.60 GHz). The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

CPU Cores / Threads: 6 / 12
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 6x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores): 3.70 GHz

Internal Graphics

With the Intel UHD Graphics 750, the Intel Core i5-11500 has an build in graphic solution. It has 32 SM processors, which have a total of 256 texture shaders. The iGPU not only enables games, but also significantly accelerates video playback.

GPU name: Intel UHD Graphics 750
GPU frequency: 0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.30 GHz
Compute units: 32
Shader: 256
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q1/2021
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 12
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 64 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors that have an integrated graphics can play videos faster and more efficiently. This can have a positive effect on the battery life of notebooks, for example.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: Decode
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-11500 supports up to 128 GB memory in up to 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-3200
51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory: 128 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth: 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Intel Core i5-11500 has a TDP of 65 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 65 W
TDP (PL2): 154 W / 56 s
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-11500 has a 15.00 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 1200
L2-Cache: 3.00 MB
L3-Cache: 12.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date: Q1/2021
Release price: 250 $
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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-11500 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1499
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1498
AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1497
Intel Core i5-11500 Intel Core i5-11500
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1492
Intel Core i7-11800H Intel Core i7-11800H
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1492
Intel Core i7-11700T Intel Core i7-11700T
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1492
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1491

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-12700TE Intel Core i7-12700TE
12C 20T @ 4.60 GHz
1552
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C 6T @ 4.40 GHz
1550
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650G AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650G
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
1548
Intel Core i5-11500 Intel Core i5-11500
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1547
Intel Core i5-11500B Intel Core i5-11500B
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1547
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
1538
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
1535

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 7735U AMD Ryzen 7 7735U
8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
7448
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5750GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5750GE
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
7440
Intel Core i9-10885H Intel Core i9-10885H
8C 16T @ 2.40 GHz
7436
Intel Core i5-11500 Intel Core i5-11500
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
7430
Intel Xeon E-2336 Intel Xeon E-2336
6C 12T @ 2.90 GHz
7422
Intel Core i5-11600 Intel Core i5-11600
6C 12T @ 2.80 GHz
7422
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
7421

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX
16C 32T @ 4.50 GHz
2054
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX
32C 64T @ 4.50 GHz
2054
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX
64C 128T @ 4.50 GHz
2054
Intel Core i5-11500 Intel Core i5-11500
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
2042
Intel Core i5-11500B Intel Core i5-11500B
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
2042
Intel Core i3-1210U Intel Core i3-1210U
6C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
2040
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
2040

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i5-1345U Intel Core i5-1345U
10C 12T @ 1.60 GHz
8250
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
8246
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
8237
Intel Core i5-11500 Intel Core i5-11500
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
8215
Intel Xeon W-10885M Intel Xeon W-10885M
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
8214
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
8182
Intel Core i9-9900K Intel Core i9-9900K
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
8182

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Apple A13 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
Apple A13 @ 1.35 GHz
691
Intel Xeon W-11865MRE Intel Xeon W-11865MRE
Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.35 GHz
691
Intel Xeon W-10885M Intel Xeon W-10885M
Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.25 GHz
667
Intel Core i5-11500 Intel Core i5-11500
Intel UHD Graphics 750 @ 1.30 GHz
666
Intel Xeon E-2388G Intel Xeon E-2388G
Intel UHD Graphics P750 @ 1.30 GHz
666
Intel Xeon E-2378G Intel Xeon E-2378G
Intel UHD Graphics P750 @ 1.30 GHz
666
Intel Xeon E-2374G Intel Xeon E-2374G
Intel UHD Graphics P750 @ 1.30 GHz
666

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Core i9-9880H Intel Core i9-9880H
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
132
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
131
Intel Core i7-12700HL Intel Core i7-12700HL
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
131
Intel Core i5-11500 Intel Core i5-11500
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
129
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
129
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
128
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 AMD Ryzen 7 1700
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
128

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon Gold 5120 Intel Xeon Gold 5120
14C 28T @ 2.60 GHz
17703
Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4
16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz
17608
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
8C 16T @ 3.85 GHz
17588
Intel Core i5-11500 Intel Core i5-11500
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
17532
Intel Core i7-1270P Intel Core i7-1270P
12C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
17477
AMD Ryzen 7 4980U AMD Ryzen 7 4980U
8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz
17470
Microsoft XBox Series X Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz
17455

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i7-11700F Intel Core i7-11700F
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
612
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
609
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
596
Intel Core i5-11500 Intel Core i5-11500
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
588
Intel Core i9-10900KF Intel Core i9-10900KF
10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz
587
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
586
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 AMD Ryzen 5 5500
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
584

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
4301
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
4299
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
12C 24T @ 2.30 GHz
4281
Intel Core i5-11500 Intel Core i5-11500
6C 12T @ 2.70 GHz
4275
Intel Core i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK
8C 16T @ 2.40 GHz
4269
Intel Core i5-11400F Intel Core i5-11400F
6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz
4255
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
4255

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