Intel Core i5-10400H vs Intel Core i7-10870H. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
• Generation
  10 10
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 10000H Intel Core i 10000H

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.60 GHz 2.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.60 GHz 5.00 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 16
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics 630
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.10 GHz 1.20 GHz
• Execution units
  24 24
• Shader
  192 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9.5 9.5
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q4/2017

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-10870H and Intel Core i5-10400H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR4-2933
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-10400H and Intel Core i7-10870H to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  45 W 45 W
• TDP down
  35 W 35 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-10400H and Intel Core i5-10400H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  -- 4.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  Comet Lake H Comet Lake H
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1440 BGA 1440
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q3/2020