Intel Core i5-10300H vs Intel Core i9-9880H

Core i5-10300H vs Core i9-9880H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9880H beats the Core i5-10300H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10300H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9880H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-10300H. Indeed, the Core i9-9880H has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-10300H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10300H. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-10300H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9880H. Despite this, the Core i9-9880H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i9-9880H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10300H. The Core i9-9880H also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-10300H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.