11th Gen Core i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz vs Core i7-10870H

Short answer: which is best?

11th Gen Core i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz is 9.4 % stronger than Core i7-10870H. 11th Gen Core i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz ranks #43 of 63 measured processors at WhatFPS (6,951 CPU score over 4 verified runs). Core i7-10870H ranks #48 of 63 measured processors at WhatFPS (6,353 CPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 5 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

Metric11th Gen Core i5-11400 @ 2.60GHzCore i7-10870H
CPU score (the processor's own performance)6,9516,353
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)5,9402,110
Integer (MT)4.9 Gop/s3.8 Gop/s
Single-thread (1T)0.53 Gop/s0.46 Gop/s
Draw calls/s (DX11)8,386,7366,449,700
Cores / threads6 / 128 / 16
L3 cache12 MB16 MB

What the numbers mean

The CPU score is the processor's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the processor in, and leans heavily on the graphics card. A strong processor in a weak PC gets a low GAMING score without being worse. We show both and never mix them.

All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik

All measurements for 11th Gen Core i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz · All measurements for Core i7-10870H