Intel Core i5-10500H vs Intel Core i7-10875H

Core i5-10500H vs Core i7-10875H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10875H performs better than the Core i5-10500H. Despite this, the Core i5-10500H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-10875H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-10500H. Indeed, the Core i7-10875H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10500H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10500H. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-10500H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10875H. Despite this, the Core i7-10875H 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.

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.