Intel Core i7-10510U vs Intel Core i7-8700K

Core i7-10510U vs Core i7-8700K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8700K beats the Core i7-10510U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10510U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-8700K has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-10510U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10510U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-8700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-10510U. Despite this, the Core i7-10510U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10510U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-8700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-8700K has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10510U. The Core i7-8700K 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 i7-10510U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.