Intel Core i5-2520M vs Intel Core i7-11370H. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
• Generation
  2 11
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000M Intel Core i 11000H

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.50 GHz 3.30 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.20 GHz 4.80 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 3000 Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Tiger Lake G7)
• GPU frequency
  0.65 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.30 GHz 1.35 GHz
• Execution units
  12 96
• Shader
  96 768
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 16 GB
• Max. displays
  2 4
• Generation
  6 12
• DirectX Version
  10.1 12
• Technology
  32 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q3/2020

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-11370H and Intel Core i5-2520M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1066DDR3-1333 DDR4-3200LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  64 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  2.0 4.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 4

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-2520M and Intel Core i7-11370H to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  35 W 35 W
• TDP up
  -- 48 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 60 W / 58 s
• TDP down
  -- 28 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-2520M and Intel Core i5-2520M, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  -- 5.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge H Tiger Lake H
• Technology
  32 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  PPGA 988 BGA 1526
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q1/2021