Intel Core i9-10900 vs Intel Core 7 240H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 10 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

7582 points
8164 points
7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8692 points
10592 points
21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7207 points
7427 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7099 points
7270 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.66 points
188.37 points
14% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
Identical
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
Identical
5.2 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
28
75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
9.5 MiB
280% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
24 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

163rd of 1,089
141st of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-10900 vs Core 7 240H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 7 240H is faster than the Core i9-10900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i9-10900 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 240H. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core 7 240H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10900. The Core 7 240H also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-10900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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