Intel Core i5-9500 vs Intel Core i9-10885H

Core i5-9500 vs Core i9-10885H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10885H is faster than the Core i5-9500. Despite this, the Core i5-9500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10885H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-9500. Indeed, the Core i9-10885H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-9500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9500. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10885H. Despite this, the Core i9-10885H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-10885H outputs less heat than Core i5-9500 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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. For instance, the Core i5-9500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.