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Intel Core i7-10870H vs Intel Core i7-8650U

Intel Core i7-10870H
38.8Inno Score
VS
Intel Core i7-8650U
—Inno Score
40.7Single-core—
36.1Multi-core24.3
31.6Efficiencyspec-based66.4
26.9iGPU25.8
57.3Platformspec-based37.2
9 spec wins — Intel Core i7-10870H1 spec wins — Intel Core i7-8650U

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Intel Core i7-8650U lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Intel Core i7-10870H

  • Stronger multi-core score: 36 vs 24
  • 300% higher Max memory: 128 GB vs 32 GB
  • 126% higher PassMark: 13,923 vs 6,170
  • 100% higher cores: 8 vs 4
  • 100% higher threads: 16 vs 8

Reasons to pick the Intel Core i7-8650U

  • 67% lower Base TDP: 15 W vs 45 W

General

General comparison: Intel Core i7-10870H versus Intel Core i7-8650U
SpecIntel Core i7-10870HIntel Core i7-8650U
Announced20202017
Process14 nm14 nm
Base TDP45 W15 W+67%
Max TDP—25 W

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: Intel Core i7-10870H versus Intel Core i7-8650U
SpecIntel Core i7-10870HIntel Core i7-8650U
Cores8+100%4
Performance cores—4
Efficiency cores—0
Threads16+100%8
Base clock2.2 GHz+16%1.9 GHz
Boost clock5 GHz+19%4.2 GHz
L3 cache16 MB+100%8 MB

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: Intel Core i7-10870H versus Intel Core i7-8650U
SpecIntel Core i7-10870HIntel Core i7-8650U
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 630 (24 EU)Intel UHD Graphics 620
iGPU clock1,200 MHz1,150 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: Intel Core i7-10870H versus Intel Core i7-8650U
SpecIntel Core i7-10870HIntel Core i7-8650U
Memory supportDDR4-2933DDR4-2400 / LPDDR3-2133
Max memory128 GB+300%32 GB

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Intel Core i7-10870H versus Intel Core i7-8650U
SpecIntel Core i7-10870HIntel Core i7-8650U
Geekbench 6 (single)1,685Bottom 15%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)7,713Bottom 23%—
Cinebench R23 (single)1,223Bottom 17%—
Cinebench R23 (multi)9,594Bottom 36%—
PassMark13,923+126%Bottom 28%6,170Bottom 11%
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)410+5%Bottom 16%389Bottom 8%

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