Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Core i5-10300H

Core i9-8950HK vs Core i5-10300H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-10300H performs better than the Core i9-8950HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-8950HK in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-10300H has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10300H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10300H. Also, the Core i9-8950HK 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. In terms of cache, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10300H. The Core i9-8950HK also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.