Intel Core i5-10500H vs Intel Core i7-3630QM

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4357 points
127% significantly better overall score
1913 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6522 points
119% significantly better gaming score
2976 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3693 points
132% significantly better multitasking score
1587 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3555 points
133% significantly better heavy workload score
1523 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

88.96 points
144% significantly higher Blender score
36.41 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5095 points
168% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1900 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1447 points
157% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
561 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
32% slightly higher turbo speed
3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

406th of 1,089
734th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 November
2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-10500H vs Core i7-3630QM comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-10500H performs better than the Core i7-3630QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3630QM in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-10500H has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-3630QM has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3630QM. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10500H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3630QM. Also, the Core i5-10500H 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.

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

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