Intel Core i7-9700T vs Intel Core i5-10500H

Core i7-9700T vs Core i5-10500H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10500H is faster than the Core i7-9700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-9700T has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-10500H has 6 cores. Despite this, the Core i5-10500H has more threads than the Core i7-9700T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10500H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700T. Also, the Core i5-10500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-9700T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-10500H CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Core i7-9700T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.