Intel Core Ultra 5 235H vs i5 11500H
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 235H with 14-cores against the 2.4-2.9 GHz i5 11500H with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
- More powerful Arc Graphics 140T integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
- More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
- Newer - released 3 years and 9 months later
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- 35% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2706 vs 2009 points
- More than 10° C higher critical temperature
- 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#160th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1020 MB/sec | 465.8 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 117.3 Klines/sec | 62.4 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 289.6 pages/sec | 121.8 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 334.9 Mpixels/sec | 211.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 283.4 pages/sec | 207.4 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 66.1 images/sec | 39.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 115.1 images/sec | 49.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 24.2 Mpixels/sec | 13.5 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 74.3 GOps/sec | 54.8 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 93.6 GOps/sec | 32.9 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 240M Primes/sec | 46M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 36.3M Strings/sec | 22.4M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 23.2 GBytes/sec | 9.3 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 302.9 MBytes/sec | 189.7 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1985 Frames/sec | 641 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 23.4B Matrices/sec | 12.8B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 35 PPW | 11.6 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 486.8 PPW | 156.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1076.8 PPW | 340.9 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 6.84 PPW | 2.79 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-08-13 (TheShifty6) | Cinebench 2024 | 122 / 979 |
Intel Core i5 11500H
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 235H and i5 11500HGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | January 6, 2025 | May 11, 2021 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Arrow Lake | Tiger Lake |
| Model number | 235H | i5-11500H |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics 140T | UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 5 240 | - AMD Ryzen 5 5600H |
| Successor | - | - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H |
Intel CPU rating (#63rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.4 GHz | 2.4-2.9 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | - |
| E-Threads | 8 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.8 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 4.4 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 14 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 14 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 24x | 24-29x |
| Bus Bandwidth | - | 8 GT/s |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | 1280K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 18MB (shared) | 12MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 20-28 W (configurable) | 35-45 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 115 W | - |
| Socket | FCBGA-2049 | BGA-1787 |
| Peak Temperature | 110°C | 100°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#73rd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics 140T | Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2250 MHz | 1450 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 256 |
| TMUs | 64 | 16 |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 8 | 32 |
| TGP | 35 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU) compared to Arc 140T
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-8400 - LPDDR5x-8400 - DDR5-6400 |
- DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 51.2 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 5 235H official page | Intel Core i5 11500H official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 20 |
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