Intel Core i5-8300H vs Intel Core 7 240H

Core i5-8300H vs Core 7 240H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 7 240H performs better than the Core i5-8300H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8300H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 7 240H has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i5-8300H has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8300H. Our comparison shows that the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8300H. Also, the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core 7 240H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8300H. The Core 7 240H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i5-8300H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.