Intel Core i7-8700T vs Intel Core i5-10300H

Core i7-8700T vs Core i5-10300H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-10300H beats the Core i7-8700T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-8700T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-10300H that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10300H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-10300H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-8700T. Also, the Core i5-10300H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-10300H 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 Core i7-8700T has more L2 cache than the Core i5-10300H. The Core i7-8700T also has significantly 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 i7-8700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.