Intel Pentium 8500 vs Intel Core i5-11260H

Processor comparisons   10-01-2022
   You may have difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the comprehensive tests Intel Pentium 8500 vs Intel Core i5-11260H and decide which is better for games or simple use for programming, rendering, machine learning, video editing, streaming. Here is all information from various benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to read, is summarized in the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in synthetic type tests such as SuperPi, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Dolphin Emulator, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, PassMark, MATLAB, AIDA64, PCMark 10, 7zip, Blender, Prime95, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), 3DMark, RealBench, Gears 5, UserBenchmark, WPrime, GeekBench 6, 5.2, VeraCrypt, Furmark, Blender, Handbrake.
   And how good the processors are in games:

DOOM: Eternal
Valorant
Watch Dogs Legion
Borderlands 3
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Overwatch
Death Stranding
Red Dead Redemption 2
Fallout 76
Last Man Standing
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Fortnite
Grand Theft Auto V
Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare
Rainbow Six Siege
Halo Infinite
Valheim
Cyberpunk 2077
Apex Legends

After reading the results of parallel benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i5-11260H or Intel Pentium 8500.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Pentium 8500

54%

Core i5-11260H

54%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium 8500

53%

Core i5-11260H

53%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a low game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of less popular games in which CPU comparisons were performed: League of Legends (LOL), Half-Life: Alyx, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Microsoft Flight Simulator, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Control, Monster Hunter World, NBA 2K20, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Ghostrunner, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Horizon Zero Dawn, Hitman 3, DOTA 2A, Forza Horizon 4, Battlefield V, Metro Exodus.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	93.7	95.0
Valorant	106.4	108.0
Cyberpunk 2077	59.6	60.5
Apex Legends	100.0	101.5
Call of Duty Warzone	79.8	81.0
Overwatch	86.2	87.4
Red Dead Redemption 2	73.4	74.5
DOOM Eternal	53.2	54.0
Warzone	83.0	84.2
Assassin's Creed	89.4	90.7
Valheim	88.3	89.6

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparing not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Pentium 8500

369%

Core i5-11260H

143%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Pentium 8500 is more energy efficient than the Core i5-11260H as it consumes less power: 9W vs. 32W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, video rendering or video editing, machine learning, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU turns on all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum efficiency. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether the program that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to run, and all the benefit of multi-core mode are unused.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Pentium 8500	Intel Core i5-11260H
Cinbench 15 Single-core	184	213
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	1348	1504
Cinbench 20 Single-core	441	739
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	3062	2636
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1035	1895
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	10094	8344

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Pentium 8500	Intel Core i5-11260H
Single-Core	2421	3904
Multi-Core	14131	14013

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Pentium 8500	Intel Core i5-11260H
Single-Core	998	1380
Multi-Core	5542	6865

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in new games. It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	Intel Pentium 8500	Intel Core i5-11260H
Announcement date	January 07, 2022	May 01, 2021
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1744	FCBGA1787
Core name	Alder Lake-U	Tiger Lake
Architecture	x86	x86
Generation	12	11
Turbo Frequency	4.4 MHz	4.4 MHz
Frequency	1 MHz	2.6 MHz
Cores	5	6
Threads	6	12
Bus rate	8 GT/s	8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	10 nm	10 nm
Transistors count	9800 millions	5200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	9 W	32 W
Memory type	Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s Up to LPDDR5 5200 MT/s Up to LPDDR4x 4267 MT/s	Up to 3200 MT/s
Max. Memory	32 Gb	128 Gb
Memory Frequency
Memory bandwidth	45.8 GB/s	51.2 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache
L3 cache	24 MB	12 MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i5-11260H is 61% better than Pentium 8500 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i5-11260H has 1 more core than Pentium 8500. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium 8500 is better: 8
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-11260H is better: 23
Although it should be realized that all the figures in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should completely trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of of people who bought Intel Pentium 8500 and Intel Core i5-11260H before making a selection which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

Intel Pentium 8500 - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Pentium 8500 specs and review.

Intel Core i5-11260H - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Core i5-11260H specs and review.