Intel Core i5-8259U vs Intel Core i7-10850H

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i7 6 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

2416 points
4087 points
69% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4204 points
5668 points
34% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1922 points
3607 points
87% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1847 points
3489 points
88% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

65.05 points
94.57 points
45% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4030 points
5364 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1206 points
1430 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4117 points
5383 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1241 points
1451 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
2.7 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
5.1 GHz
34% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
60% significantly lower TDP
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

32 GiB
128 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
1.5 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
12 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

641st of 1,089
427th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
10th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-8259U vs Core i7-10850H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10850H is faster than the Core i5-8259U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8259U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-10850H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-8259U. Indeed, the Core i7-10850H has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-8259U. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8259U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-10850H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8259U. Also, the Core i7-10850H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8259U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-10850H CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-10850H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8259U. The Core i7-10850H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i5-8259U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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