Intel Core i9-10885H vs Intel Core i5-9300HF

Core i9-10885H vs Core i5-9300HF specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10885H beats the Core i5-9300HF in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-9300HF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10885H has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-9300HF that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9300HF. According to our data, the Core i9-10885H and Core i5-9300HF have the same clock speed. Despite this, 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.

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 i9-10885H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.