Intel Core i7-10870H vs Intel Core i5-10500H

Core i7-10870H vs Core i5-10500H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10870H performs better than the Core i5-10500H. Despite this, the Core i5-10500H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-10870H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-10500H. Indeed, the Core i7-10870H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10500H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10500H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10500H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10870H. Despite this, the Core i7-10870H 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 more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-10870H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.