Intel Core i5-10200H vs Intel Core i7 X 990

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3183 points
3% slightly better overall score
3089 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5063 points
19% slightly better gaming score
4251 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2623 points
2707 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2508 points
2617 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

65.45 points
24% slightly higher Blender score
52.64 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.46 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
12 MiB
1100% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

513th of 1,089
527th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-10200H vs Core i7 X 990 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10200H is faster than the Core i7 X 990. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 X 990 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7 X 990 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-10200H. Indeed, the Core i7 X 990 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-10200H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10200H. Our comparison shows that the Core i7 X 990 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10200H. In terms of cache, the Core i7 X 990 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10200H

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-10200H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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