Intel Core i7-10850H vs Intel Core 5 210H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4087 points
4256 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5668 points
7379 points
30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3607 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
3411 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3489 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
3290 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

94.57 points
130.38 points
37% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
22% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
28
75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
7 MiB
366% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

427th of 1,089
415th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-10850H vs Core 5 210H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core 5 210H beats the Core i7-10850H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10850H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 5 210H has slightly more cores than the Core i7-10850H. Indeed, the Core 5 210H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-10850H. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10850H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 210H. Also, the Core i7-10850H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core 5 210H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10850H. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i7-10850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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