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Intel Core i7-10870H vs Intel Core i5-10400H vs Intel Xeon W-10855M

Intel Core i7-10870H

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The Intel Core i7-10870H is a higher-end, octa-core processor of the Comet Lake product family. The Hyper-Threading-enabled processor was unveiled in 2020. It is designed for use in large gaming laptops and DTRs; its CPU cores run at 2.2 GHz (base clock speed) to 5 GHz (max. Boost frequency). The all-core Boost frequency sits at 4.2 GHz.

Core i7-10870H is slightly inferior to Core i7-10875H in that the former has a 100 MHz lower base clock speed, 100 MHz lower Boost clock speed and no support for Intel's proprietary security features: vPro, TXT, SIPP.

Last but not the least, this H-class processor features the 24 EU UHD Graphics 630 iGPU.

Architecture

Comet Lake is a yet another revision of the dated Skylake architecture (much like the previous Coffee Lake, Whiskey Lake, Kaby Lake product families) for similar feature set and performance-per-MHz figures.

Still, 10th Generation Core processors have their advantages. The upgraded memory controller is one such advantage; it can officially host memory clocked at 2,933 MHz, an upgrade over the 2,666 MHz limitation of the outgoing Coffee Lake product family. Intel recommends using no more than 128 GB, for reference.

The 10870H is manufactured on Intel's third-gen 14 nm process. The octa-core CPU is compatible with Thunderbolt 3; it has sixteen PCI-Express 3.0 lanes for connecting discrete graphics cards, SSDs and other devices. Four PCI-Express 3.0 lanes allow for read/write rates of up to 3.9 GB/s provided a suitably fast NVMe SSD is used.

Please note this isn't a user-replaceable CPU. It gets soldered permanently on to the motherboard (BGA1440 socket interface) and is thus pretty much impossible to replace.

Performance

The average 10870H in our database is close to the Ryzen 5 5600H and the Core i9-9980HK, as far as multi-thread banchmark scores are concerned. The i7 thus is absolutely capable of handling any task that requires significant processing muscle, as of late 2021.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 95 W, the MSI GE76 Raider 10UH is among the fastest laptops featuring the 10870H that we know of. It can be about 30% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system built around the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Graphics

The Intel UHD Graphics 630 is an old acquaintance of ours; this 24 EU iGPU was used in many H-class Intel Core processors of previous years, like a Core i7-9750H.

In the case of 10870H, the UHD Graphics runs at 350 MHz to 1,200 MHz. It will let you use up to 3 displays simultaneously. The highest resolution supported here is 4K (4096 by 2304 pixels). This graphics adapter will happily hardware-decode VP9, AVC, HEVC, MPEG-2 and other popular video codecs; the latest AV1 codec did not make the list.

UHD Graphics 630 was not made for gaming; it is not fast enough to handle most triple-A titles of 2019 and 2020, even if you set the resolution to 1024 x 768 and select the lowest quality preset possible.

Power consumption

The i7-10870H has a 45 W TDP (also known as the long-term Power Limit). Laptop makers are allowed to reduce that value somewhat, the lower limit being 35 W, with clock speeds and performance taking a hit as a result. As far as short-term loads are concerned, the CPU will happily consume 70 or even 100 W when Boosting, making quality active cooling solution a must.

This 10th generation Intel chip is manufactured on one of the old 14 nm Intel processes for low, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i5-10400H

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The Intel Core i5-10400H is a fast processor for laptops with four cores based on the Comet Lake-H series (4th generation of Skylake architecture). The processor clocks at between 2.6 and 4.6 GHz (up to 4.4 with 4 cores) and can execute up to eight threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. According to Intel, the CPU is manufactured in 14nm (14nm++) process. 

The Comet Lake architecture is similar to Coffee Lake and offers the same features and is produced in 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 i5-10400H supports the management features vPro, TXT and SIPP. 

Performance

The performance should be slightly better than the old Core i7-8809G (Quad-Core 3.1 - 4.2) which was the fastest mobile quad core by Intel.

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 iGPU is supposed to offer a similar performance as the UHD630 in the Core i5-9300H. As a  low-end solution it will probably only run 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 Xeon W-10855M

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The Intel Xeon W-10855M 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 2.8 and 4.8 GHz (probably 4.4 GHz with 6 cores) and can execute up to twelve threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. The processor is still manufactured in the old 14nm (14nm++) process. 

The Comet Lake architecture is similar to Coffee Lake and offers the same features and is produced in 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 Intel Xeon W-10855M supports the management features vPro, TXT and SIPP and is the professional version of the Core i7-10850H with slightly higher clock speeds (+100 MHz base speed). 

Performance

The performance of the Xeon W-10855M should be similar to the old top model Core i7-8950H (6 cores, 2.9 - 4.8 GHz). Thanks to the 6 cores and high Turbo speeds, even demanding applications should run fine on the CPU. However, long term performance is always depending on the laptop cooling system and system configuration.

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics P630 iGPU is supposed to offer a similar performance as the UHD630 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

Intel specifies the TDP with 45 watts and therefore the i7 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 i7-10870HIntel Core i5-10400HIntel Xeon W-10855M
SeriesIntel Comet LakeIntel Comet LakeIntel Comet Lake
CodenameComet Lake-HComet Lake-HComet Lake-H
Series: Comet Lake Comet Lake-H
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 i7-10870H « 2.2 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10850H2.7 - 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 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 i7-10850H2.7 - 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 i5-10400H « 2.6 - 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 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 i7-10850H2.7 - 5.1 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon W-10855M « 2.8 - 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
Clock2200 - 5000 MHz2600 - 4600 MHz2800 - 5100 MHz
L1 Cache512 KB256 KB384 KB
L2 Cache2 MB1 MB1.5 MB
L3 Cache16 MB8 MB12 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 164 / 86 / 12
TDP45 Watt45 Watt45 Watt
Technology14 nm14 nm14 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1440FCBGA1440FCBGA1440
FeaturesDDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, 8 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, SGXDual-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 - 1200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1100 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics P630 (350 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-10870H
35.5 pt (49%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-10400H
31.8 pt (44%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 8250     avg: 9594     median: 9892.5 (9%)     max: 10450 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1177     avg: 1223     median: 1226 (52%)     max: 1253 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 460     avg: 473.6     median: 473.5 (53%)     max: 484 Points
471 Points (52%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 3027     avg: 3588     median: 3632 (9%)     max: 4020 Points
1924 Points (5%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1336     avg: 1614     median: 1659 (10%)     max: 1740 Points
796 Points (5%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 196     avg: 199.8     median: 200 (60%)     max: 204 Points
192 Points (58%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
9.6 Points (13%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.2 Points (54%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
7403 Points (45%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
25731 Points (19%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
801 s (9%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
24.9 s (5%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4115 Points (7%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 39581     avg: 44452     median: 44975.5 (26%)     max: 46708 MIPS
23136 MIPS (13%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5145     avg: 5293     median: 5295.5 (63%)     max: 5429 MIPS
4766 MIPS (57%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
49.1 fps (17%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
191.4 fps (44%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 10.7     avg: 12.2     median: 12.5 (22%)     max: 13.5 fps
6.1 fps (11%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.6 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.9 GB/s (16%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
5.3 GB/s (14%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 272     avg: 297.6     median: 292 (2%)     max: 333 Seconds
565 Seconds (4%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.573     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (13%)     max: 0.614 sec
0.6 sec (14%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
9578 Points (20%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
8.1 s (2%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
484.5 s (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 13753     avg: 15226     median: 15943 (43%)     max: 16331 Points
8007 Points (22%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 63612     avg: 64430     median: 63696 (54%)     max: 65981 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 12985     avg: 14960     median: 15506 (39%)     max: 15719 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 17337     avg: 19768     median: 20247 (36%)     max: 20886 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 7603     avg: 8624     median: 8636.5 (36%)     max: 9627 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1191     avg: 1273     median: 1282.5 (54%)     max: 1295 Points
1245 Points (53%)
1296 Points (55%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6403     avg: 7482     median: 7735.5 (14%)     max: 7882 Points
4332 Points (8%)
6231 Points (11%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1264     avg: 1272     median: 1276 (6%)     max: 1277 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 7678     avg: 7738     median: 7700 (24%)     max: 7837 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 5311     avg: 5555     median: 5652 (56%)     max: 5703 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 30420     avg: 30536     median: 30578 (34%)     max: 30611 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 789     avg: 801     median: 796.5 (1%)     max: 861 ms
787 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 53412     avg: 54494     median: 54493.5 (49%)     max: 55575 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 220     avg: 226.4     median: 225 (47%)     max: 243 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 98.4     avg: 98.9     median: 98.9 (17%)     max: 99.4 Watt
67.4 Watt (12%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 98.6     avg: 98.8     median: 98.8 (18%)     max: 98.9 Watt
75.9 Watt (14%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 13.5     avg: 13.8     median: 13.8 (10%)     max: 14 Points per Watt
10.5 Points per Watt (8%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-10870H → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-10400H → 77% n=2

Average Benchmarks Intel Xeon W-10855M → 91% n=2

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