Intel Core i7-10870H vs Intel Core i9-10885H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i9 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

5173 points
58% significantly better overall score
3263 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6493 points
42% slightly better gaming score
4554 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4746 points
65% significantly better multitasking score
2861 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4636 points
67% significantly better heavy workload score
2769 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

118.88 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
107.45 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

10450 points
3% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
10074 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6380 points
6775 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1445 points
1587 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6166 points
6323 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1458 points
1482 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.21 GHz
2.4 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.3 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

328th of 1,089
502nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
10th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 August
2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-10870H vs Core i9-10885H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10870H performs better than the Core i9-10885H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10885H in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10885H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10870H. Also, the Core i9-10885H 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.

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 i7-10870H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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