Intel Core i5-10500H vs Intel Core i7-14700F

Core i5-10500H vs Core i7-14700F benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-14700F performs better than the Core i5-10500H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10500H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700F has significantly more cores than the Core i5-10500H. Indeed, the Core i7-14700F has 20 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10500H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10500H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10500H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700F. Despite this, the Core i7-14700F 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.