Intel Core i7-10870H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 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
6306 points
21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6493 points
8479 points
30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4746 points
5619 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4636 points
5454 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

118.88 points
163.82 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

10450 points
13029 points
24% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6166 points
9274 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1458 points
2302 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.21 GHz
4.30 GHz
94% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
Identical
5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
20% slightly lower TDP
54 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
6 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

328th of 1,089
235th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 August
2023 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-10870H vs Ryzen 5 7640HS comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7640HS is faster than the Core i7-10870H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10870H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-10870H has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7640HS that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10870H. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i7-10870H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7640HS CPU because of its slightly 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 Ryzen 5 7640HS has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10870H. 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 i7-10870H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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