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Intel Core i7-10610U vs Intel Core i7-10510U

Intel Core i7-10610U

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The Intel Core i7-10610U is a power efficient quad-core SoC for notebooks based on the Comet Lake (CML-U) generation and was announced in August 2019. Compared to the similar Whiskey Lake processors (e.g. Core i7-8665U), the only difference is support for higher memory speeds (DDR4-2666 vs 2400) and two additional cores in the top model (not in this i7-10610U). The processor cores are clocked between 1.8 and 4.9 GHz (unverified). Thanks to Hyper-Threading 8 threads can be used. More information on Comet Lake and all the models and articles on it can be found here.

Compared to the similar Core i7-10510U, the 10610U supports vPro.

The integrated graphics adapter however is still the same as in the previous generations. It should be still called Intel UHD Graphics 620 and clock from 300 - 1150 MHz in the i7. Furthermore, the SoC integrates a VP9 and H.265 de- and encoder and an integrated dual channel DDR4-2666 / LPDDR4x 2933 / LPDDR3-2133 memory controller.

Performance

The average 10610U in our database is in the same league as the Core i5-1035G1 and also the Core i5-8257U, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term power limit of 25 W, the HP ZBook Firefly 14 G7 is among the fastest laptops built around the 10610U that we know of. It can be about 30% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Power consumption

This Core i7 has a default TDP of 15 W (also known as the long-term power limit). Laptop manufacturers are free to change that value to anything between 10 W and 25 W, with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly. Perhaps more importantly, short-term power consumption of 10th gen Comet Lake U processors can be as high as 80 W or even 90 W, making passively cooled designs rather unlikely to appear.

Core i7-10610U is manufactured on an old, as of late 2022, 14 nm Intel process for subpar energy efficiency.

Intel Core i7-10510U

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The Intel Core i7-10510U is a power efficient quad-core SoC for notebooks based on the Comet Lake (CML-U) generation and was announced in August 2019. Compared to the similar Whiskey Lake processors (e.g.& Core i7-8665U), the only difference is support for higher memory speeds (DDR4-2666, LPDDR4-2933) and two additional cores in the top model (not in this i7-10510U). The processor cores are clocked between 1.8 and 4.9 GHz (all 4 cores 4.3 GHz max). Thanks to HyperThreading 8 threads can be used. More information on Comet Lake and all the models and articles on it can be found here.

The integrated graphics adapter however is still the same as in the previous generations. It should be still called Intel HD Graphics 620 and clock from 300 - 1150 MHz in the i7. Furthermore, the SoC integrates a VP9 and H.265 de- and encoder and an integrated dual channel DDR4-2666 / LPDDR4-2933 memory controller.

Performance

The average 10510U in our database proves to be an OK mid-range option, its multi-thread benchmark scores hovering near those of the Ryzen 7 2700U and the Core i5-8259U. While not as impressive as the hexa-core Core i7-10710U, the 10510U will make most customers happy, making for short load times and generally pain-free experience.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 45 W, the Modern 15 A10RB is among the fastest laptops powered by the 10510U that we know of. It can be more than twice as fast in CPU-bound workloads as the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Power consumption

This Core i7 series chip has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 15 W, a value that laptop makers are free to change to anything between 10 W and 25 W resulting in corresponding performance and clock speed changes. By going for the lowest value, it is possible to build passively cooled tablets, laptops, mini-PCs around the i7. Please note that Comet Lake-U chips can briefly consume up to 90 W when under extreme loads.

Last but not the least, the i7-10510U is built with one of the old 14 nm Intel processes for lower-than-average, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

ModelIntel Core i7-10610UIntel Core i7-10510U
SeriesIntel Comet LakeIntel Comet Lake
CodenameComet Lake-UComet Lake-U
Series: Comet Lake Comet Lake-U
Intel Core i7-10810U compare1.1 - 4.9 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10710U compare1.1 - 4.7 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10610U « 1.8 - 4.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10510U1.8 - 4.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10310U compare1.7 - 4.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10210U compare1.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i3-10110U compare2.1 - 4.1 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U compare2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 5205U compare1.9 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Core i7-10810U compare1.1 - 4.9 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10710U compare1.1 - 4.7 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10610U1.8 - 4.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10510U « 1.8 - 4.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10310U compare1.7 - 4.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10210U compare1.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i3-10110U compare2.1 - 4.1 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U compare2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 5205U compare1.9 GHz2 / 2 cores
Clock1800 - 4900 MHz1800 - 4900 MHz
L1 Cache256 KB256 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB
L3 Cache8 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 84 / 8
TDP15 Watt15 Watt
Technology14 nm14 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1528BGA1528
FeaturesLPDDR3-2133/DDR4-2666/LPDDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, 4 GT/s bus, vPro, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3LPDDR3-2133/DDR4-2666/LPDDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, 4 GT/s bus, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, MPX, EIST, TM1, TM2, Hyper-Threading, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SGX
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 620 (300 - 1150 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 620 (300 - 1150 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-10610U
30.2 pt (42%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-10510U
30.2 pt (42%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 3852     avg: 4049     median: 4048.5 (4%)     max: 4245 Points
min: 3626     avg: 3866     median: 3734 (3%)     max: 4239 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1151     avg: 1207     median: 1207 (51%)     max: 1263 Points
min: 1066     avg: 1142     median: 1152 (49%)     max: 1207 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 349     avg: 438     median: 446 (50%)     max: 482 Points
min: 362     avg: 436.7     median: 441 (49%)     max: 497 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 1271     avg: 1466     median: 1477 (4%)     max: 1663 Points
min: 1015     avg: 1412     median: 1422 (3%)     max: 1897 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 548     avg: 620     median: 604.5 (4%)     max: 738 Points
min: 482     avg: 666     median: 678 (4%)     max: 856 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 133     avg: 175.8     median: 178 (54%)     max: 200 Points
min: 113     avg: 178.4     median: 182 (55%)     max: 202 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
7.5 Points (10%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.1 Points (52%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
7163 Points (43%)
min: 5740     avg: 6919     median: 7268 (44%)     max: 7748 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
17253 Points (13%)
min: 6763     avg: 19637     median: 25882 (19%)     max: 26265 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
9009 Points (6%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
5856 Points (7%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
295.5 s (3%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
6.7 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4786 Points (8%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 15369     avg: 18407     median: 18717.5 (11%)     max: 20332 MIPS
min: 12196     avg: 17704     median: 17318 (10%)     max: 21298 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 3653     avg: 4460     median: 4666.5 (56%)     max: 4853 MIPS
min: 3747     avg: 4591     median: 4678 (56%)     max: 4981 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
43.9 fps (15%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
183.1 fps (42%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 4.54     avg: 4.9     median: 4.6 (8%)     max: 5.66 fps
min: 3.41     avg: 4.6     median: 4.6 (8%)     max: 6.04 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.5 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.9 GB/s (15%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
5 GB/s (13%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 641     avg: 754     median: 791 (6%)     max: 816 Seconds
min: 628     avg: 796     median: 797 (6%)     max: 1051 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.637     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (14%)     max: 0.855 sec
min: 0.637     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (14%)     max: 0.81 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
8163 Points (17%)
min: 5989     avg: 8472     median: 6125 (13%)     max: 13303 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.8 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
17.6 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
467.3 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
29737 Points (26%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 7306     avg: 8865     median: 8616.5 (23%)     max: 10773 Points
min: 5226     avg: 8090     median: 8048.5 (22%)     max: 11006 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 46042     avg: 53030     median: 53030 (43%)     max: 60018 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 49886     avg: 54889     median: 54888.5 (45%)     max: 59891 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
59103 Points (50%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 5974     avg: 7273     median: 7267.5 (18%)     max: 9051 Points
min: 4131     avg: 6524     median: 6215 (16%)     max: 9653 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 8558     avg: 10716     median: 10982 (20%)     max: 13033 Points
min: 5667     avg: 9849     median: 10085 (18%)     max: 13225 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 2902     avg: 3339     median: 3123 (13%)     max: 4075 Points
min: 2142     avg: 3135     median: 3088 (13%)     max: 4801 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1155     avg: 1228     median: 1243.5 (52%)     max: 1261 Points
min: 977     avg: 1197     median: 1212 (51%)     max: 1287 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3731     avg: 4134     median: 4123.5 (7%)     max: 4622 Points
min: 2474     avg: 3687     median: 3663 (7%)     max: 4484 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 4976     avg: 5400     median: 5368 (54%)     max: 5832 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 13116     avg: 16270     median: 17109 (19%)     max: 18364 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 16742     avg: 16790     median: 16790 (30%)     max: 16838 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 4369     avg: 4427     median: 4427 (86%)     max: 4485 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 807     avg: 833     median: 819.5 (1%)     max: 899 ms
min: 742     avg: 885     median: 859 (1%)     max: 1184 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
51613 Points (46%)
min: 31505     avg: 41519     median: 38295 (34%)     max: 51741 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 190     avg: 207.5     median: 211 (44%)     max: 213 Points
min: 192     avg: 209.1     median: 210 (44%)     max: 226 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1101 Points (42%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 37.5     avg: 50.9     median: 50.9 (9%)     max: 64.3 Watt
min: 23     avg: 37.8     median: 38 (7%)     max: 50 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 47.8     avg: 57.3     median: 57.3 (10%)     max: 66.7 Watt
min: 25.5     avg: 41.2     median: 38.4 (7%)     max: 61 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 10.1     avg: 10.8     median: 10.8 (8%)     max: 11.5 Points per Watt
min: 8.95     avg: 16.7     median: 17 (13%)     max: 22.4 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-10610U → 100% n=28

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-10510U → 97% n=28

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