Intel Core i7-10610U vs Intel Core i7-10710U

Core i7-10610U vs Core i7-10710U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10710U beats the Core i7-10610U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10610U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-10710U has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-10610U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10610U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10610U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10710U. Also, the Core i7-10610U 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. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-10710U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10610U. The Core i7-10710U 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 i7-10610U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.