Intel Core i5-11500B Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-05

The Intel Core i5-11500B has 6 cores with 12 threads and is based on the 11. gen of the Intel Core i5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1200 socket and was released in Q2/2021. The Intel Core i5-11500B scores 1,547 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 7,551 points.

CPU lineage
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Name:	Intel Core i5-11500B
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:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-11500B has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-11500B is 3.30 GHz (4.60 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	6 / 12
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	6x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	3.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	4.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores):	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-11500B has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i5-11500B uses the Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU), which has 256 texture shaders and 32 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU)
GPU frequency:	0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.45 GHz
Compute units:	32
Shader:	256
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q2/2021

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	11
Direct X:	12
Technology:	10 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	64 GB
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	Decode
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

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 The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

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

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-11500B is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 15.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

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:	Q2/2021
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	--

Intel Core i5-11500B
6C 12T @ 3.30 GHz (4.60 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-11500B 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.

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 12C 20T @ 4.60 GHz	1552
	Intel Pentium Gold 8505 5C 6T @ 4.40 GHz	1550
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650G 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1548
	Intel Core i5-11500B 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1547
	Intel Core i5-11500 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1547
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1538
	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.


	Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	7589
	Intel Core i7-10875H 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	7576
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	7559
	Intel Core i5-11500B 6C 12T @ 3.30 GHz	7551
	Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ3 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	7538
	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	7536
	Intel Xeon Silver 4114 10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz	7528

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 16C 32T @ 4.50 GHz	2054
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX 32C 64T @ 4.50 GHz	2054
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX 64C 128T @ 4.50 GHz	2054
	Intel Core i5-11500B 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	2042
	Intel Core i5-11500 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	2042
	Intel Core i3-1210U 6C 8T @ 4.40 GHz	2040
	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 i9-10910 10C 20T @ 3.60 GHz	8439
	Intel Core i5-1250P 12C 16T @ 2.70 GHz	8420
	Intel Xeon W-1270P 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	8389
	Intel Core i5-11500B 6C 12T @ 3.30 GHz	8342
	Intel Xeon W-2150B 10C 20T @ 3.70 GHz	8324
	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 5945 12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz	8315
	Intel Core i3-12300 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	8288

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.


	Intel Core i7-4750HQ Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.20 GHz	768
	Apple A14 Bionic Apple A14 @ 1.46 GHz	749
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Qualcomm Adreno 730 @ 0.82 GHz	745
	Intel Core i5-11500B Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.45 GHz	742
	Intel Core i7-12650HX Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.45 GHz	742
	Intel Core i7-12800HX Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.45 GHz	742
	Intel Core i7-11600H Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.45 GHz	742

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 E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 2.70 GHz	17951
	Intel Xeon W-1270 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	17923
	Intel Xeon D-1736NT 8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz	17842
	Intel Core i5-11500B 6C 12T @ 3.30 GHz	17811
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	17803
	Intel Xeon Gold 5120 14C 28T @ 2.60 GHz	17703
	Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz	17608

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,754 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,702 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,026 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,391 entries

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