Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Core i5-1035G1

Core i9-8950HK vs Core i5-1035G1 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-8950HK beats the Core i5-1035G1 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1035G1 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-1035G1 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-1035G1. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-8950HK has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1035G1. Also, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1035G1 outputs less heat than Core i9-8950HK thanks to a 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 i9-8950HK has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-1035G1. The Core i9-8950HK also has significantly 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 i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.