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Intel Core i5 11400H vs i5 10300H

40 out of 100
Intel Core i5 11400H
VS
32 out of 100
Intel Core i5 10300H
Intel Core i5 11400H
Intel Core i5 10300H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2-2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 11400H with 6-cores against the 2.5 GHz i5 10300H with 4-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 10300H and 11400H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 11400H
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 30% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1967 vs 1512 points
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • Around 5.4 GB/s (12%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 11400H
vs
Core i5 10300H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Submit your benchmark results

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)
File compression 435.2 MB/sec 374.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 54.7 Klines/sec 32.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 119.7 pages/sec 101.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 193.7 Mpixels/sec 136 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 199.7 pages/sec 146.6 pages/sec
Background blur 38.9 images/sec 25.2 images/sec
Photo processing 51.2 images/sec 44.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.1 Mpixels/sec 6.49 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 507 & 693 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 11400H +85%
15125
Core i5 10300H
8177
Integer math 52.8 GOps/sec 26.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 31.7 GOps/sec 17 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 47M Primes/sec 27M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.3M Strings/sec 14.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9.1 GBytes/sec 2.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 186.9 MBytes/sec 115.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 673 Frames/sec 512 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.7B Matrices/sec 7.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7444 & 6248 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 11400H +68%
108.96
Core i5 10300H
64.94

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.7 PPW 5.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 154.8 PPW 103 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 336.1 PPW 181.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.42 PPW 1.44 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 i5 11400H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-29 (Omkar)Cinebench 202482 / 439
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-17 (HNAT)Cinebench 202484 / 513
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-06 (George)Geekbench 6 CPU2082 / 8223
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-11 (Shen)Cinebench 202483 / 482
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Intel Core i5 10300H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-24 (Tracey A.)Geekbench 6 CPU1553 / 5212
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-24 (Tracey A.)Cinebench 202467 / 266
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-27 (iamthaone)Cinebench 202456 / 191
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 11400H and i5 10300H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released May 11, 2021 April 2, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Comet Lake
Model number i5-11400H i5-10300H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU) UHD Graphics 630
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
Successor - - Intel Core i5 11300H

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.2-2.7 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22-27x 25x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

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

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU) Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1050 MHz
Shading Units 128 192
TMUs 8 24
ROPs 4 3
Execution Units 16 24
TGP 6-15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 11400H
0.4 TFLOPS
Core i5 10300H
0.4 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 630 compared to Graphics (16 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 45.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 11400H official page Intel Core i5 10300H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

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