Intel Core i5-10500H vs Intel Core 5 210H

Core i5-10500H vs Core 5 210H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10500H is faster than the Core 5 210H. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 5 210H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-10500H has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-10500H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core 5 210H. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i5-10500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.