Core i7-11600H: specs and benchmarks

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Core i7-11600H
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 35 Watt
10.36

Core i7-11600H provides acceptable benchmark performance at 10.36% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Core i7-11600H sales 11 May 2021 at a recommended price of $395. This is a Tiger Lake H45 architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 6 cores and 12 threads, and is based on 10 nm SuperFin manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4600 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1787 processor with a TDP of 35 Watt and a maximum temperature of 72 °C. It supports DDR4 memory.

Primary details

Core i7-11600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking755
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
Power efficiency28.01of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameTiger Lake H45 (2021)
Release date11 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$395of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads12
Base clock speed2.5 GHzof 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed4.6 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus rate8 GT/s
L1 cache80K (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache18 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography10 nm SuperFinof 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Die size190 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cof 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-11600H compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
SocketFCBGA1787
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i7-11600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Speed Shift+
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Thermal Monitoring+
Flex Memory Access+
SIPP+
Deep Learning Boost+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
Secure Key+
SGX-
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i7-11600H's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4
Maximum memory size128 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9654)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth51.2 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i7-11600H.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video+
Graphics max frequency1.45 GHz
Execution Units32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-11600H's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-11600H's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680x4320@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-11600H's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1
OpenGL4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version4.0of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P)
PCI Express lanes20of 128 (EPYC 9655P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i7-11600H. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i7-11600H 10.36

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i7-11600H 16452

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i7-11600H 1919

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i7-11600H 6544

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i7-11600H 6375

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Core i7-11600H's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook CPUs.


Ryzen 5 6600U 100.58
Core 5 120U 100.39
Core i7-11600H 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i7-11600H is Ryzen 5 6600U, which is faster by 1% and higher by 5 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core i7-11600H:

Ryzen 7 4800U 101.35
Ryzen 5 6600U 100.58
Core i7-11600H 100

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