Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Core i5-8300H

Core i9-8950HK vs Core i5-8300H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8300H 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 i5-8300H has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8300H. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8300H. 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-8300H. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.