Intel Core i5 8300H vs i5 11300H

We compared two 4-core laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 8300H against the 2.6-3.1 GHz i5 11300H. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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 11300H and 8300H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 11300H
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU integrated graphics: 1.7 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 2 years and 9 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • 41% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1933 vs 1373 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

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

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1933
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
5518
File compression 378.3 MB/sec 435.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 23.4 Klines/sec 38.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 96 pages/sec 115.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 119 Mpixels/sec 169.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 132.9 pages/sec 178.3 pages/sec
Background blur 21.6 images/sec 28.7 images/sec
Photo processing 40.2 images/sec 52 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.22 Mpixels/sec 7.26 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 875 & 1146 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
2762
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
10742
Integer math 24.4 GOps/sec 34.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 15.4 GOps/sec 21 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 23M Primes/sec 35M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 13.3M Strings/sec 15M Strings/sec
Data encryption 2.5 GBytes/sec 6.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 101.1 MBytes/sec 121.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 497 Frames/sec 606 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 6.4B Matrices/sec 9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4999 & 1600 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
64.74

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5.4 PPW 9.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 91.4 PPW 157.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 163.6 PPW 306.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.21 PPW 1.85 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 8300H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-02 (AR7845)Geekbench 6 CPU1455 / 4849
Intel Core i5 11300H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-29 (Mike)Geekbench 6 CPU1989 / 6285
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-13 (Mike)Geekbench 6 CPU1900 / 5689
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-13 (Mike)Cinebench 202474 / 328

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 8300H and i5 11300H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released April 3, 2018 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i5-8300H i5-11300H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 Iris Xe Graphics 80EU
Successor - Intel Core i5 11300H -

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 2.6-3.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4 GHz 4.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 26-31x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s 4 GT/s
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 45 W 28-35 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1440 BGA-1449
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1000 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 192 640
TMUs 24 40
ROPs 3 20
Execution Units 24 80
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.4 TFLOPS
1.7 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2666
- LPDDR3-2133
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 8300H official page Intel Core i5 11300H official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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