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Tiger Lake-H has put Intel back on track in its fight against AMD's Zen series

Tiger Lake-H has put Intel back on track in its fight against AMD's Zen series
Tiger Lake-H has put Intel back on track in its fight against AMD's Zen series
The blue chipmaker has successfully closed the gaping performance gap between its Core-H CPUs and AMD's competing Zen series with the launch of 11th gen Tiger Lake-H. Auxiliary features like native support for Thunderbolt 4 and PCIe 4 are icing on the cake in favor of Intel.

AMD rocked the world of gaming laptops last year when it introduced its Zen 2 series of H-series CPUs. The 7 nm processors would represent a huge leap from the original Zen series to the point where they could allow even 14-inch form factors to outperform larger 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch Intel Coffee Lake-H or Comet Lake-H systems. It wasn't a good look for Intel when a regular Ryzen 7 4800H could rival the significantly pricier Core i9-9880H or i9-10880H.

With 11th gen Tiger Lake-H laptops hitting store shelves this month, Intel finally has a proper answer to the seemingly uncontested Zen 2 and Zen 3 series. Our first test models equipped with the 11th gen Core i7-11800H are returning multi-thread performance numbers that are 40 to 50 percent faster than the 10th gen i7-10875H. Meanwhile, single-thread gains are smaller but still notable at about 20 percent.

The gen-to-gen upticks over Intel's last generation CPUs are enough to put the i7-11800H neck-to-neck with the latest AMD Zen 3 Ryzen 9 5900HS or 5900HX. Our table below compares the average scores of all laptops in our database equipped with the associated CPUs to show that the i7-11800H is within just a few percentage points of the aforementioned Ryzen CPUs in most cases.

We've yet to test many laptops with the Core i9-11950H or i9-11980HK which should offer even faster performance than the i7-11800H at least on paper.

Outside of raw performance, the newer Intel CPUs include support for both Thunderbolt 4 and PCIe 4 compared to only PCIe 3 and no Thunderbolt at all of the AMD CPUs. Such high-end features won't matter very much to the majority of users, but they certainly give enthusiasts more reasons to skip AMD this time around.

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Asus TUF Gaming F15 FX506HM Intel Core i7-11800H; CPU Multi 64Bit: Ø1997 (1963.38-2095.12)
Asus Zephyrus S15 GX502L Intel Core i7-10875H; CPU Multi 64Bit: Ø1627 (1603.72-1663.62)
SCHENKER XMG Core 15 Ampere AMD Ryzen 7 4800H; CPU Multi 64Bit: Ø1889 (1855.2-1933.08)
Alienware m15 R5 Ryzen Edition AMD Ryzen 7 5800H; CPU Multi 64Bit: Ø1977 (1921.88-2004.51)
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 -mmt1 | 7z b 4
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core)
Asus TUF Gaming F15 FX506HM
Intel Core i7-11800H
5182 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
  (2242 - 5476, n=30)
4847 Points -6%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
  (4414 - 5167, n=4)
4843 Points -7%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
  (4349 - 4953, n=2)
4651 Points -10%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
  (3430 - 5020, n=31)
4568 Points -12%
Average Intel Core i7-11800H
  (2498 - 5408, n=50)
4459 Points -14%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
  (3692 - 4663, n=18)
4275 Points -18%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
 
3869 Points -25%
Average Intel Core i7-10875H
  (1986 - 4176, n=32)
3455 Points -33%
Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core)
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
  (601 - 604, n=2)
603 Points +4%
Asus TUF Gaming F15 FX506HM
Intel Core i7-11800H
582 Points
Average Intel Core i7-11800H
  (520 - 586, n=47)
576 Points -1%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
  (471 - 584, n=29)
573 Points -2%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
  (560 - 584, n=4)
572 Points -2%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
  (502 - 560, n=30)
550 Points -5%
Average Intel Core i7-10875H
  (430 - 524, n=32)
486 Points -16%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
  (462 - 491, n=17)
482 Points -17%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
 
482 Points -17%
Cinebench R23 / Multi Core
Asus TUF Gaming F15 FX506HM
Intel Core i7-11800H
13445 (12565.7min - 13444.6max) Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
 
12629 Points -6%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
  (11426 - 13214, n=4)
12533 Points -7%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
  (6622 - 14363, n=30)
12529 Points -7%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
  (8812 - 13214, n=29)
11794 Points -12%
Average Intel Core i7-11800H
  (6508 - 14088, n=48)
11650 Points -13%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
  (9644 - 11642, n=4)
10889 Points -19%
Average Intel Core i7-10875H
  (5135 - 9809, n=6)
8108 Points -40%
Cinebench R23 / Single Core
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
 
1529 Points +1%
Asus TUF Gaming F15 FX506HM
Intel Core i7-11800H
1509 Points
Average Intel Core i7-11800H
  (1386 - 1522, n=45)
1497 Points -1%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
  (1457 - 1488, n=4)
1474 Points -2%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
  (1218 - 1499, n=29)
1471 Points -3%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
  (1294 - 1441, n=29)
1410 Points -7%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
  (1248 - 1259, n=4)
1254 Points -17%
Average Intel Core i7-10875H
  (1100 - 1270, n=6)
1222 Points -19%
Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit
Asus TUF Gaming F15 FX506HM
Intel Core i7-11800H
2095 (1963.38min - 2095.12max) Points
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
 
2083 Points -1%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
  (1927 - 2180, n=5)
2053 Points -2%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
  (1076 - 2267, n=29)
2050 Points -2%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
  (1487 - 2119, n=28)
1963 Points -6%
Average Intel Core i7-11800H
  (1342 - 2173, n=50)
1894 Points -10%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
  (1652 - 1995, n=21)
1859 Points -11%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
  (1634 - 1767, n=2)
1701 Points -19%
Average Intel Core i7-10875H
  (1003 - 1833, n=38)
1554 Points -26%
Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
 
243 Points +6%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
  (197 - 243, n=25)
238 Points +4%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
  (211 - 240, n=4)
231 Points +1%
Asus TUF Gaming F15 FX506HM
Intel Core i7-11800H
229 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
  (209 - 234, n=29)
228 Points 0%
Average Intel Core i7-11800H
  (201 - 231, n=46)
225 Points -2%
Average Intel Core i7-10875H
  (190 - 220, n=37)
204 Points -11%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
  (186 - 191, n=15)
188 Points -18%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
  (186 - 187, n=2)
186.5 Points -19%
Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU
Average Intel Core i7-10875H
  (259 - 535, n=30)
327 Seconds * -39%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
 
284 Seconds * -21%
Average Intel Core i7-11800H
  (217 - 454, n=46)
277 Seconds * -18%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
  (248 - 299, n=15)
266 Seconds * -13%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
  (237 - 340, n=29)
260 Seconds * -11%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
  (231 - 305, n=4)
254 Seconds * -8%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
  (219 - 442, n=29)
250 Seconds * -6%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
 
246 Seconds * -5%
Asus TUF Gaming F15 FX506HM
Intel Core i7-11800H
235 Seconds *
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
  (4791 - 5905, n=29)
5701 MIPS +1%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
  (5540 - 5804, n=4)
5663 MIPS 0%
Asus TUF Gaming F15 FX506HM
Intel Core i7-11800H
5659 MIPS
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
 
5623 MIPS -1%
Average Intel Core i7-11800H
  (5138 - 5732, n=46)
5492 MIPS -3%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
  (5038 - 5632, n=29)
5472 MIPS -3%
Average Intel Core i7-10875H
  (5071 - 5780, n=31)
5360 MIPS -5%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
  (4575 - 4743, n=15)
4678 MIPS -17%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
 
4655 MIPS -18%
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
 
57319 MIPS +12%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
  (36011 - 62503, n=29)
57266 MIPS +12%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
  (47553 - 59680, n=4)
55451 MIPS +9%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
  (45773 - 59986, n=28)
54117 MIPS +6%
Asus TUF Gaming F15 FX506HM
Intel Core i7-11800H
51046 MIPS
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
  (44827 - 53883, n=15)
49860 MIPS -2%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
 
48392 MIPS -5%
Average Intel Core i7-11800H
  (33718 - 56758, n=46)
48384 MIPS -5%
Average Intel Core i7-10875H
  (29844 - 49562, n=31)
43117 MIPS -16%
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset
Asus TUF Gaming F15 FX506HM
Intel Core i7-11800H
15.6 fps
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
  (8.26 - 17.1, n=29)
15.2 fps -3%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
 
15.2 fps -3%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
  (11.6 - 16.1, n=29)
14.5 fps -7%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
  (12.7 - 15.4, n=4)
14.3 fps -8%
Average Intel Core i7-11800H
  (7.38 - 17.4, n=46)
13.8 fps -12%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
  (10.8 - 14.1, n=16)
12.6 fps -19%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
 
12 fps -23%
Average Intel Core i7-10875H
  (7.27 - 14.1, n=27)
11.7 fps -25%
LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
 
71.9 s * -62%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
  (47.4 - 113, n=29)
64.3 s * -44%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
  (28.6 - 95.8, n=14)
63.8 s * -43%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
 
56.7 s * -27%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
  (44.1 - 87.4, n=29)
53.3 s * -20%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
  (50.7 - 54.9, n=4)
52.8 s * -19%
Average Intel Core i7-10875H
  (30.2 - 84.3, n=30)
50.3 s * -13%
Average Intel Core i7-11800H
  (38.6 - 59.9, n=45)
46.5 s * -4%
Asus TUF Gaming F15 FX506HM
Intel Core i7-11800H
44.5 s *
R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean
Average Intel Core i7-10875H
  (0.546 - 0.662, n=29)
0.582 sec * -5%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
 
0.58 sec * -4%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
  (0.562 - 0.603, n=15)
0.579 sec * -4%
Average Intel Core i7-11800H
  (0.548 - 0.615, n=46)
0.566 sec * -2%
Asus TUF Gaming F15 FX506HM
Intel Core i7-11800H
0.556 sec *
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
  (0.511 - 0.559, n=28)
0.525 sec * +6%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
  (0.51 - 0.538, n=4)
0.518 sec * +7%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
  (0.48 - 0.599, n=29)
0.507 sec * +9%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
 
0.504 sec * +9%

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Allen Ngo, 2021-06-27 (Update: 2021-06-28)