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Intel Core i5-8300H vs Intel Core i5-7300HQ vs Intel Core i5-8400H

Intel Core i5-8300H

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The Intel Core i5-8300H is a fast processor for laptops with four cores based on the Coffee Lake architecture and was announced early 2018. The processor clocks at between 2.3 and 4 GHz (3.9 with 4 cores) and can execute up to eight threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. According to Intel, the CPU is manufactured in an improved 14nm (14nm++) process.

The Coffee Lake architecture is similar to Kaby Lake and differs only in the amount of cores (now six cores for the high end versions) and the improved 14nm process (14nm++ according to Intel).

Performance

The Intel Core i5-8300H should perform similar as the older Core i7-7820HQ (2.9 - 4 GHz). The faster Coffee Lake CPUs, like the Core i7-8750H offers two additional cores and is therefore up to 50% faster in multithreaded benchmarks. Still, the performance of the i5-8300H should be sufficient for even demanding applications and games.

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 iGPU is supposed to offer a slightly higher performance as its clock rate has been increased by 50 MHz (rumored). The architecture is identical to that of the Intel HD Graphics 630. We do expect a performance improvement, but as a low-end solution it will probably only display current games smoothly at reduced details - if at all.

Power Consumption

Intel specifies the TDP with 45 watts and therefore the i5 is only suited for big laptops with good cooling solutions. Using cTDP-down, the CPU can also be configured to 35 Watt resulting in a reduced performance.

Intel Core i5-7300HQ

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The Intel Core i5-7300HQ is a quad-core processor for notebooks based on the Kaby Lake architecture and was announced in January 2017. Compared to the faster Core i7 models, the Core i5 does not support Hyper Threading and has lower clocks. The CPU cores run at 2.5 - 3.5 GHz (4 cores up to 3.1, 2 cores up to 3.3 GHz). The processor is also equipped with the HD Graphics 630 GPU as well as a dual-channel memory controller (DDR3L-1600/DDR4-2400). It is manufactured in a 14nm process with FinFET transistors.

Architecture

Intel basically uses the same micro architecture compared to Skylake, so the per-MHz performance does not differ. The manufacturer only reworked the Speed Shift technology for faster dynamic adjustments of voltages and clocks, and the improved 14nm process allows much higher frequencies combined with better efficiency than before.

Performance

The performance should be quite similar to the old Core i5-6440HQ (2.6 - 3.5 GHz, Skylake) that offers the same per-MHz performance and only 100 MHz higher core speed. The performance is therefore sufficient even for demanding tasks.

Graphics

The integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 has 24 Execution Units (similar to previous HD Graphics 530) running at 350 - 1000 MHz (i7 models up to 1100). The performance depends a lot on the memory configuration; it should be comparable to a dedicated Nvidia GeForce 920M in combination with fast DDR4-2133 dual-channel memory.

Contrary to Skylake, Kaby Lake now supports hardware decoding for H.265/HEVC Main 10 with a 10-bit color depth as well as Google's VP9 codec. The dual-core Kaby Lake processors, which were announced in January, should also support HDCP 2.2.

Power Consumption

The chip is manufactured in an improved 14nm process with FinFET transistors, which improves the efficiency even further. Intel still specifies the TDP with 45 Watts, but it can also be reduced to 35 Watts by the notebook manufacturers (cTDP down). This will obviously affect the performance, because the Turbo Boost cannot be maintained for longer periods.

Intel Core i5-8400H

► remove from comparison Intel i5-8400H

The Intel Core i5-8400H is a high-end processor for laptops with four cores based on the Coffee Lake architecture and will be announced early 2018. The processor clocks at between 2.5 and 4.2 GHz (4.1 with 4 cores) and can execute up to eight threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. According to Intel, the CPU is manufactured in an improved 14nm (14nm++) process.

The Coffee Lake architecture is similar to Kaby Lake and differs only in the amount of cores (now six cores for the high end versions) and the improved 14nm process (14nm++ according to Intel).

Performance

The Intel Core i5-8400H should perform similar as the older Core i7-7920HQ (3.1 - 4.1 GHz). The faster Coffee Lake CPUs, like the Core i7-8750H offers two additional cores and is therefore up to 50% faster in multithreaded benchmarks. Still, the performance of the i5-8400H should be sufficient for even demanding applications and games.

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 iGPU is supposed to offer a slightly higher performance as its clock rate has been increased by 50 MHz (rumored). The architecture is identical to that of the Intel HD Graphics 630. We do expect a performance improvement, but as a low-end solution it will probably only display current games smoothly at reduced details - if at all.

Power Consumption

Intel specifies the TDP with 45 watts and therefore the i5 is only suited for big laptops with good cooling solutions. Using cTDP-down, the CPU can also be configured to 35 Watt resulting in a reduced performance.

ModelIntel Core i5-8300HIntel Core i5-7300HQIntel Core i5-8400H
SeriesIntel Coffee LakeIntel Kaby LakeIntel Coffee Lake
CodenameCoffee Lake-HKaby LakeCoffee Lake-H
Series: Coffee Lake Coffee Lake-H
Intel Core i9-9980HK2.4 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-9880H2.3 - 4.8 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-8950HK2.9 - 4.8 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon E-2186M2.9 - 4.8 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon E-2276M2.8 - 4.7 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-9850H2.6 - 4.6 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-9750H2.6 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon E-2176M2.7 - 4.4 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8850H2.6 - 4.3 GHz6 / 12 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8750H2.2 - 4.1 GHz6 / 12 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9400H2.5 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9300HF2.4 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9300H2.4 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8400H2.5 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8300H « 2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-8100H3 GHz4 / 4 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700K4.2 - 4.5 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-77003.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v63.1 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7920HQ3.1 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700T2.9 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7600K3.8 - 4.2 GHz4 / 4 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v63 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HQ2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HK2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700HQ2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-75003.4 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7440HQ2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7567U3.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7660U2.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7600U2.8 - 3.9 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300HQ « 2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7500T2.7 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7287U3.3 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7560U2.4 - 3.8 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7267U3.1 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7360U2.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7500U2.7 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300U2.6 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7260U2.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7200U2.5 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100H3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7167U2.8 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7Y751.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y571.2 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y541.2 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100U2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y321 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415U2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y301 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965U2.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7020U2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3867U1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3865U1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y1.7 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y1.6 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4410Y1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965Y1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core i9-9980HK2.4 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-9880H2.3 - 4.8 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-8950HK2.9 - 4.8 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon E-2186M2.9 - 4.8 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon E-2276M2.8 - 4.7 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-9850H2.6 - 4.6 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-9750H2.6 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon E-2176M2.7 - 4.4 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8850H2.6 - 4.3 GHz6 / 12 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8750H2.2 - 4.1 GHz6 / 12 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9400H2.5 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9300HF2.4 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9300H2.4 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8400H « 2.5 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8300H2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-8100H3 GHz4 / 4 cores8 MB L3
Clock2300 - 4000 MHz2500 - 3500 MHz2500 - 4200 MHz
L1 Cache256 KB256 KB256 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB1 MB
L3 Cache8 MB6 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 84 / 44 / 8
TDP45 Watt45 Watt45 Watt
Technology14 nm14 nm14 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketFCBGA1440FCBGA1440
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NIDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NIDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1000 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 630 (300 - 1000 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1100 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
$250 U.S.$250 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
4657 Points (4%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1128 Points (48%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
393 Points (44%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
1793 Points (4%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 609     avg: 793     median: 812 (5%)     max: 850 Points
min: 501     avg: 512     median: 513 (3%)     max: 520 Points
min: 753     avg: 762     median: 761.5 (5%)     max: 770 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 151     avg: 168.6     median: 170 (51%)     max: 174 Points
min: 129     avg: 141.1     median: 142 (43%)     max: 149 Points
min: 168     avg: 170.4     median: 170.4 (51%)     max: 172.8 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 6.2     avg: 7.9     median: 7.8 (10%)     max: 8.79 Points
min: 5.38     avg: 5.8     median: 5.9 (8%)     max: 5.93 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 1.72     avg: 1.9     median: 1.9 (47%)     max: 1.96 Points
min: 1.49     avg: 1.5     median: 1.5 (38%)     max: 1.68 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 6115     avg: 6392     median: 6463.5 (39%)     max: 6524 Points
min: 4920     avg: 5319     median: 5434.5 (33%)     max: 5581 Points
6659 Points (40%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 20061     avg: 22328     median: 22266.5 (16%)     max: 24718 Points
min: 17197     avg: 17956     median: 18064.5 (13%)     max: 18304 Points
21711 Points (16%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 28616     avg: 30319     median: 30318.5 (21%)     max: 32021 Points
min: 21912     avg: 22625     median: 22845 (16%)     max: 23117 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 8277     avg: 8392     median: 8391.5 (10%)     max: 8506 Points
min: 6594     avg: 6811     median: 6700 (8%)     max: 7138 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 205.9     avg: 255.6     median: 265.3 (3%)     max: 285.8 s
min: 331.1     avg: 346.7     median: 348.1 (4%)     max: 351.3 s
230.8 s (3%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 6.42     avg: 7.9     median: 7.7 (2%)     max: 9.762 s
min: 10.98     avg: 11.3     median: 11.1 (2%)     max: 12.41 s
7.2 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
5391 Points (9%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
22023 MIPS (13%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4553 MIPS (54%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 39     avg: 43.7     median: 40.2 (14%)     max: 52 fps
min: 34     avg: 34.1     median: 34.1 (12%)     max: 34.2 fps
45.3 fps (16%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 163.2     avg: 173.4     median: 169 (39%)     max: 188 fps
min: 160     avg: 160.9     median: 160.8 (37%)     max: 162 fps
185.2 fps (43%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
4.7 fps (8%)
6.5 fps (11%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.4 GB/s (0%)
0.2 GB/s (0%)
0.5 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.6 GB/s (10%)
0.3 GB/s (6%)
0.8 GB/s (13%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
3.9 GB/s (10%)
2.3 GB/s (6%)
4.6 GB/s (12%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
1151 Seconds (15%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
901 Seconds (6%)
596 Seconds (4%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.7 sec (15%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 6266     avg: 6279     median: 6279 (13%)     max: 6292 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 9.264     avg: 9.4     median: 9.4 (2%)     max: 9.8 s
min: 10.68     avg: 10.8     median: 10.7 (2%)     max: 11.29 s
9 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 20.9     avg: 21.2     median: 21.1 (1%)     max: 21.74 s
min: 24.38     avg: 24.5     median: 24.5 (1%)     max: 24.89 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 546     avg: 551     median: 548.5 (2%)     max: 559 s
min: 590     avg: 604     median: 596 (3%)     max: 654 s
498.3 s (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 6234     avg: 8139     median: 8154 (22%)     max: 9415 Points
min: 5382     avg: 6022     median: 6042 (16%)     max: 6627 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 48575     avg: 52494     median: 53016 (43%)     max: 56026 Points
min: 42492     avg: 50667     median: 52482 (43%)     max: 53471 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 48063     avg: 51178     median: 51009 (41%)     max: 55273 Points
min: 39401     avg: 48909     median: 50273 (41%)     max: 53025 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 45639     avg: 53927     median: 56262.5 (47%)     max: 57543 Points
min: 46577     avg: 50186     median: 50280 (42%)     max: 52451 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 6260     avg: 7613     median: 7857 (20%)     max: 8471 Points
min: 4269     avg: 4697     median: 4722 (12%)     max: 4855 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 9136     avg: 10979     median: 11196 (20%)     max: 11971 Points
min: 6020     avg: 6672     median: 6733 (12%)     max: 6881 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 3270     avg: 3571     median: 3571 (15%)     max: 3872 Points
min: 2726     avg: 2847     median: 2856 (12%)     max: 2912 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
1493 Points (45%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
4963 Points (20%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
990 Points (42%)
1127 Points (48%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
3270 Points (6%)
4352 Points (8%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1118 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
4211 Points (13%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
4770 Points (48%)
min: 3387     avg: 3862     median: 4040 (40%)     max: 4159 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
14790 Points (16%)
min: 8081     avg: 10065     median: 11039 (12%)     max: 11075 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3387     avg: 3823     median: 4022 (55%)     max: 4061 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 8085     avg: 9720     median: 10525 (26%)     max: 10551 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
15050 Points (27%)
min: 9728     avg: 9773     median: 9752 (17%)     max: 9840 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
3740 Points (73%)
min: 3163     avg: 3184     median: 3195 (62%)     max: 3195 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 1095     avg: 1146     median: 1133 (1%)     max: 1209 ms
min: 955     avg: 1040     median: 1044 (1%)     max: 1132 ms
987 ms (1%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
88.5 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 30806     avg: 32869     median: 33251 (30%)     max: 34659 Points
min: 31952     avg: 33838     median: 33589 (30%)     max: 36008 Points
49389 Points (44%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
155.3 Points (45%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
209 Points (44%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1127 Points (43%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
47.6 Watt (8%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
41.3 Watt (8%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
12.3 Points per Watt (9%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-8300H → 100% n=15

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-7300HQ → 84% n=15

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-8400H → 109% n=15

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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