Core i5-11320H: CPU benchmarks and laptop guide

The Intel Core i5-11320H is a Tiger Lake H35 part — four high-clocked cores in a 28-watt envelope — and five catalog laptops carry it, from business machines and ultrabooks to a budget gaming rig. As a processor it meets the recommended CPU tier in 50 of the 69 games the catalog tracks. This guide covers its ranking among laptop CPUs, its specifications, and the laptops built around it.

Where the Core i5-11320H sits in 2026

A catalog score of 63 places the chip 136th of 741 scored laptop CPUs — the top fifth of the table. The neighborhood spans classes: the Xeon W-10855M (63.3), Ryzen 7 4800U (63.1) and its own Tiger Lake sibling Core i7-11390H (63) just above, with the Core i7-13700HX (62.7), Core i5-1230U (62.5) and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U (62.5) just below. Ranking between an eight-core workstation chip and a 16-core HX gaming flagship on a quarter of the wattage captures the H35 formula: fewer cores, but fast ones.

What the chip brings

Tiger Lake-H35 gives the chip four cores and eight threads on a 10 nm process with a 28 W P-class rating: 2.5 GHz base and up to 4.5 GHz boost — strong single-core clocks for the generation. The integrated UHD Graphics handles everyday display work. Public benchmarks read 1,826 single-core and 5,341 multi-core in Geekbench plus a PassMark rating of 10,806, with the single-core figure the standout for responsiveness in everyday use.

Games: CPU-side readiness

Measured as a processor alone, the chip clears the recommended CPU tier for 50 of 69 cataloged games — Alan Wake 2, Counter-Strike 2, Star Wars Jedi Survivor, Metro Exodus, PUBG: Battlegrounds, Ghost of Tsushima, Black Myth Wukong, Returnal, The Last of Us Part 1 and Dead Space Remake among them. A middle band sits at minimum tier: Cyberpunk 2077, Baldur's Gate 3, Elden Ring, Fortnite, Hogwarts Legacy, Apex Legends and Red Dead Redemption 2. Only Starfield and Helldivers 2 ask for more. These are CPU-only verdicts — the laptop's GPU and RAM decide actual playability, and this roster ranges from integrated-graphics convertibles to a discrete-GPU gaming model.

Laptops that carry it

The five-machine roster covers the spectrum of 2020–2021 mid-range portables: Dell's Vostro 5510 business laptop at $434, Inspiron 13 5310 ultrabook at $331 and Inspiron 14 5410 convertible at $666, plus Lenovo's Yoga Slim 7 convertible at $566 and the IdeaPad Gaming 3 15IHU6 at $604. The laptops built around it typically show a median best CPU score of 63.6, office comfort of 100, energy efficiency of 77.3 and portability of 67.1 — comfortable all-rounders. The median gaming index of 44 and best GPU score of 44.7 reflect the mostly integrated or entry-level graphics in the fleet.

Bottom line

The Core i5-11320H is a sweet-spot processor for the used 2021 market: single-core speed that still feels snappy, enough CPU headroom for nearly the whole tracked game catalog at recommended settings, and a $331–$666 carrier range weighted toward slim, pleasant machines. It suits students, office buyers and light gamers alike. For high-refresh or modern AAA gaming, pick the discrete-GPU carrier in the roster and check its graphics first — the processor will rarely be the limiting part.