Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Core i7-10875H

Core i9-8950HK vs Core i7-10875H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-8950HK performs better than the Core i7-10875H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10875H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-10875H has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i9-8950HK that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-8950HK. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10875H. Despite this, the Core i7-10875H 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 i7-10875H has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i9-8950HK. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.