Intel Core i7-10700 vs Intel Core i9-8950HK

Core i7-10700 vs Core i9-8950HK comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10700 performs better than the Core i9-8950HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-8950HK in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-10700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i9-8950HK has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-8950HK. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-10700 and Core i9-8950HK are identical in this regard. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i9-8950HK outputs less heat than Core i7-10700 thanks to a 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 i7-10700 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-8950HK. The Core i7-10700 also has slightly 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 i7-10700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.