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Intel Core i7-11800H
Tiger Lake-H45 powered a huge share of the RTX 30-series gaming laptops of 2021. Eight Willow Cove cores boost to 4.6GHz, and the platform added PCIe 4.0 and Thunderbolt 4, modernizing Intel's mainstream mobile Core i7 even as AMD's Ryzen 5000 closed the efficiency gap.
Pros
- Eight Willow Cove cores boost to 4.6GHz for strong single-thread response
- Added PCIe 4.0 and Thunderbolt 4, modernizing the mainstream H-series platform
- 24MB of L3 cache helps gaming and content-creation workloads
- Powered a huge range of RTX 30-series gaming laptops in 2021
Cons
- 10nm SuperFin node trails AMD's Ryzen 5000 mobile chips on efficiency
- 32-EU UHD Graphics Xe iGPU is a cut-down design, weaker than higher-end Iris Xe parts
- 45W TDP needs serious cooling to sustain boost clocks
- No hybrid core design or on-device AI acceleration
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core i7-11800H
General
- Announced
- 2021
- Process
- 10 nm
- Base TDP
- 45 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 8
- Threads
- 16
- Base clock
- 2.3 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.6 GHz
- L3 cache
- 24 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)
- iGPU clock
- 1,450 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR4-3200
- Max memory
- 128 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,193Bottom 29%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 9,254Bottom 34%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,499Bottom 30%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 11,662Bottom 48%
- PassMark
- 19,575Bottom 50%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 670Bottom 25%
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core i7-11800H good in 2026?
The Intel Core i7-11800H earns an Inno Score of 46.3/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Tiger Lake-H45 powered a huge share of the RTX 30-series gaming laptops of 2021. Eight Willow Cove cores boost to 4.6GHz, and the platform added PCIe 4.0 and Thunderbolt 4, modernizing Intel's mainstream mobile Core i7 even as AMD's Ryzen 5000 closed the efficiency gap.
Does the Intel Core i7-11800H count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 19,575 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier B of our CPU tier checker: recent mainstream Core i7 / Ryzen 7, plus older H-series chips. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core i7-11800H?
Cores: 8 · Threads: 16 · Boost clock: 4.6 GHz · Base TDP: 45 W
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core i7-11800H?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen 7 5800H, Intel Core i5-1235U, Intel Core i3-1215U — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
