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Intel Core i7-10850H vs Intel Core i5-1235U vs Intel Celeron 7300

Intel Core i7-10850H

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The Intel Core i7-10850H is a high-end processor for laptops with six cores based on the Comet Lake architecture (CML-H, 4th generation of Skylake). The processor clocks at between 2.7 and 5.1 GHz (with Thermal Velocity Boost and Turbo Boost 3.0). Using only Turbo Boost 3.0 (when the temperatures don't allow the the Thermal Velocity Boost) a single core can reach 4.9 GHz. All six cores can reach 4.4 GHz. The processor is still manufactured on the old 14nm (14nm++) process. 

The Comet Lake architecture is similar to Coffee Lake and offers the same features and is produced on the same 14nm process. Other than the improved clock rates, the memory controller now also supports faster DDR4-2933 RAM. More information on Comet Lake and all the models and articles on it can be found here.

The Core i7-10850H supports the management features vPro, TXT and SIPP.

Performance

The average 10850H in our database proves to be a somewhat disappointing CPU, only matching the Core i5-10500H and the Ryzen 5 5500U in multi-thread performance. While the Core i7 will have no issue running any app or any game you can install in 2021, there are better options out there both in terms of sheer power and in terms of power efficiency.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are, and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 iGPU is supposed to offer a similar performance as the UHD 630 in the Core i7-9750H. As a low-end solution it will only run current games smoothly at reduced details - if at all.

Power consumption

This Core i7 series chip has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 45 W, a value that laptop makers are free to reduce somewhat (with 35 W being the minimum Intel-recommended value) resulting in lower clock speeds and lower performance. Either way, the CPU is way too power-hungry to be the heart of a passively cooled mini-PC, laptop, tablet.

The i7-10850H is manufactured on one of the old 14 nm Intel processes leading to subpar, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i5-1235U

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The Intel Core i5-1235U is a mid-range mobile CPU for thin and light laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in early 2022 and offers 2 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 12 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 1.3 to 4.4 GHz on the performance cluster and 0.9 to 3.3 GHz on the efficient cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6700HQ). All cores can use up to 12 MB L3 cache. Compared to the i5-1245U, the 1235U offers lower base clock speeds and only "Essentials" vPro management features. Compared to the P-series (28W) or H-series (45W), the 15W TDP may limit the sustained performance.

Performance

The average 1235U in our database is in the same league as the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U and also, surprisingly enough, the i7-1250U and the i7-1260U, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a very respectable result, as of mid 2023.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 27 W, the Beelink SEi12 is among the fastest systems built around the 1235U that we know of. It can be twice as fast in CPU-bound workloads as the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Architecture

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, and LPDDR4x-4267. The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU only supports PCIe 4.0 (x8 for a GPU and two x4 for SSDs).

The integrated graphics card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 80 of the 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.2 GHz.

Power consumption

This ULV processor has a Base power consumption of 15 W (also known as the long-term power limit), with 55 W being its maximum Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption. Both values are too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

Core i5-1235U is manufactured on Intel's fourth-gen 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for decent, as of mid-2022, energy efficiency.

Intel Celeron 7300

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The Intel Celeron 7300 is an entry-level mobile CPU for thin and light laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in early 2022 and offers one performance core (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 4 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The CPU does not support HyperThreading leading to only 5 supported threads at once. The clock rate of the performance cluster is 1000 MHz, the one of the efficient cluster is 700 MHz. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6700HQ). All cores can use up to 8 MB L3-cache. Compared to the faster Core i3-1215U, the Celeron offers one less P-core and lower clock speeds (no Turbo).

Performance

Thanks to the 5 cores, the multi-threaded performance should be clearly faster than the older dual-core Tiger Lake CPUs with 15 Watt (like the Intel Core i3-1115G4). However, due to the missing Turbo and the low clock speed, the single core performance will be very low.

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, and LPDDR4x-4267. The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU only supports PCIe 4.0 (14 lanes combined with Gen 3).

The integrated graphics card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 48 of the 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 0.8 GHz.

The CPU is rated at 15 W base power (TDP, PL1) and 55 W max. power (PL2). The minimum assured power is 12 Watt. The whole SoC is manufactured in a 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7.

ModelIntel Core i7-10850HIntel Core i5-1235UIntel Celeron 7300
CodenameComet Lake-HAlder Lake-UAlder Lake-U
SeriesIntel Comet LakeIntel Alder Lake-MIntel Alder Lake-M
Series: Alder Lake-M Alder Lake-U
Intel Core i9-10980HK2.4 - 5.3 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Xeon W-10885M2.4 - 5.3 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-10885H2.4 - 5.3 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-10880H2.3 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10875H2.3 - 5.1 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10870H2.2 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10850H « 2.7 - 5.1 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon W-10855M2.8 - 5.1 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10750H2.6 - 5 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10500H2.5 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10400H2.6 - 4.6 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10300H2.5 - 4.5 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10200H2.4 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1265U1.3 - 4.8 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1255U1.2 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1245U1.2 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1235U « 0.9 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1260U0.8 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1250U0.8 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1240U0.8 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1230U0.7 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1215U0.9 - 4.4 GHz6 / 8 cores10 MB L3
Intel Pentium 85050.9 - 4.4 GHz5 / 6 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1210U0.7 - 4.4 GHz6 / 8 cores10 MB L3
Intel Pentium 85000.7 - 4.4 GHz5 / 6 cores8 MB L3
Intel Celeron 73050.9 - 1.1 GHz5 / 5 cores8 MB L3
Intel Celeron 73000.7 - 1 GHz5 / 5 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1265U1.3 - 4.8 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1255U1.2 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1245U1.2 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1235U0.9 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1260U0.8 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1250U0.8 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1240U0.8 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1230U0.7 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1215U0.9 - 4.4 GHz6 / 8 cores10 MB L3
Intel Pentium 85050.9 - 4.4 GHz5 / 6 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1210U0.7 - 4.4 GHz6 / 8 cores10 MB L3
Intel Pentium 85000.7 - 4.4 GHz5 / 6 cores8 MB L3
Intel Celeron 73050.9 - 1.1 GHz5 / 5 cores8 MB L3
Intel Celeron 7300 « 0.7 - 1 GHz5 / 5 cores8 MB L3
Clock2700 - 5100 MHz900 - 4400 MHz700 - 1000 MHz
L1 Cache384 KB928 KB464 KB
L2 Cache1.5 MB9.5 MB3.5 MB
L3 Cache12 MB12 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 1210 / 125 / 5
1 x 1.0 GHz Intel Golden Cove P-Core
4 x 0.7 GHz Intel Crestmont E-Core
TDP45 Watt15 Watt9 Watt
Technology14 nm10 nm10 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1440BGA1744BGA1700
FeaturesDDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, 8 GT/s bus, vPro, 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, SGXDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Dir., DL Boost, GNA, vPro Ess., MMX SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHAThread Director
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1150 MHz)Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs ( - 1200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs ( - 800 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
$395 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-10850H
31.6 pt (53%)
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Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-1235U
33.4 pt (56%)
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
93 Points (52%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
406 Points (8%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 2485     avg: 6365     median: 6623 (6%)     max: 9208 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1444     avg: 1587     median: 1597 (67%)     max: 1698 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
494 Points (54%)
min: 566     avg: 613     median: 617 (67%)     max: 651 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
2636 Points (6%)
min: 1783     avg: 2709     median: 2801 (7%)     max: 3537 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
1232 Points (8%)
min: 785     avg: 1125     median: 1093.5 (7%)     max: 1587 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
203 Points (56%)
min: 151.5     avg: 213.2     median: 217.5 (60%)     max: 242.3 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
12.2 Points (16%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.3 Points (53%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
7653 Points (46%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
34586 Points (25%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
5519 Points (9%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
30988 MIPS (18%)
min: 20166     avg: 30566     median: 30361.5 (17%)     max: 38643 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
5241 MIPS (62%)
min: 4371     avg: 5000     median: 5137.5 (61%)     max: 5233 MIPS
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
8.4 fps (15%)
min: 4.99     avg: 7.8     median: 8.6 (15%)     max: 9.43 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.8 GB/s (24%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.3 GB/s (22%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
7.8 GB/s (20%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 707     avg: 955     median: 872 (11%)     max: 1374 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
425 Seconds (3%)
min: 366     avg: 491     median: 470 (3%)     max: 662 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.6 sec (13%)
min: 0.4986     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (11%)     max: 0.603 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
9471 Points (20%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.7 s (2%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
431.6 s (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
10694 Points (26%)
min: 7465     avg: 11105     median: 10290 (25%)     max: 15604 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
67708 Points (55%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
7254 Points (18%)
min: 6543     avg: 9959     median: 10446 (26%)     max: 12476 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
14601 Points (26%)
min: 9965     avg: 15291     median: 15301.5 (27%)     max: 19386 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
4313 Points (18%)
min: 3133     avg: 5151     median: 5180.5 (22%)     max: 7083 Points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Single-Core
1768 Points (43%)
min: 1981     avg: 2095     median: 2094.5 (51%)     max: 2208 Points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Multi-Core
6752 Points (26%)
min: 6703     avg: 6875     median: 6874.5 (27%)     max: 7046 Points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
min: 1688     avg: 1897     median: 1897 (60%)     max: 2106 Points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
min: 5677     avg: 6161     median: 6160.5 (25%)     max: 6644 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
1305 Points (50%)
min: 1426     avg: 1553     median: 1591.5 (60%)     max: 1643 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
5753 Points (10%)
min: 5528     avg: 6774     median: 6084.5 (11%)     max: 8571 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1402     avg: 1539     median: 1592 (7%)     max: 1602 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 5450     avg: 7106     median: 7643 (24%)     max: 8558 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
737 ms (1%)
min: 485.6     avg: 571     median: 585 (1%)     max: 634 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
99.6 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 78578     avg: 80181     median: 79131 (58%)     max: 83104 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 206     avg: 224     median: 226 (62%)     max: 236 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 233     avg: 262.6     median: 251 (45%)     max: 305 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
min: 9253     avg: 10006     median: 10006 (4%)     max: 10759 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
min: 11508     avg: 11533     median: 11533 (42%)     max: 11558 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 983     avg: 1383     median: 1430.5 (53%)     max: 1644 Points
CrXPRT 2 - CrXPRT2 Performance Score
min: 162     avg: 169.5     median: 169.5 (94%)     max: 177 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 27.8     avg: 43.5     median: 39.8 (7%)     max: 63.2 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 28.9     avg: 46.9     median: 44.9 (8%)     max: 69.5 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 5.22     avg: 7.9     median: 6.3 (4%)     max: 16.6 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 3.41     avg: 5.4     median: 5.6 (7%)     max: 7.17 Watt
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
min: 20.3     avg: 25.3     median: 25.4 (19%)     max: 29 Points per Watt

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