Intel Core i7-8850H vs Intel Core i5-6402P

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 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

3693 points
66% significantly better overall score
2224 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5381 points
29% slightly better gaming score
4145 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3183 points
88% significantly better multitasking score
1690 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3075 points
89% significantly better heavy workload score
1619 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

84.41 points
130% significantly higher Blender score
36.61 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4703 points
53% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3058 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1291 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1081 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4710 points
53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3073 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1344 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1134 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
2.81 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
26% slightly higher turbo speed
3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 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

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

463rd of 1,089
677th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2015 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-8850H vs Core i5-6402P benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8850H beats the Core i5-6402P in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6402P in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8850H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-6402P. Indeed, the Core i7-8850H has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-6402P. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6402P. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-6402P has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8850H. Despite this, the Core i7-8850H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8850H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-6402P CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-8850H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-6402P. The Core i7-8850H 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 i7-8850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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