Intel Core i5-10210U vs Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX

Core i5-10210U vs Core Ultra 9 275HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 275HX beats the Core i5-10210U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10210U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 275HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i5-10210U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10210U. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 275HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10210U. Also, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10210U. The Core Ultra 9 275HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i5-10210U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.