Intel Core i5-10500H vs Intel Core i9-10885H

Core i5-10500H vs Core i9-10885H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10885H performs better than the Core i5-10500H. Despite this, the Core i5-10500H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10885H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-10500H has 6 cores. 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 i9-10885H. Despite this, the Core i9-10885H 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.