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Intel Core i7-10870H
A high-end 8-core Comet Lake-H chip, it anchored late-2020 gaming and mobile workstation laptops. Eight Hyper-Threaded cores boost to 5GHz on a mature 14nm node, trading power efficiency for raw clock speed just before Intel's hybrid-core redesign.
Pros
- Eight Hyper-Threaded cores gave strong multi-core throughput for a 2020 gaming-laptop chip
- 5GHz single-core boost keeps lightly-threaded software responsive
- Mature 14nm platform widely supported across gaming-laptop chassis
- 128GB max memory support suits mobile workstation builds
Cons
- 14nm process trails later nodes on performance-per-watt and battery life
- 24-EU UHD Graphics 630 iGPU is not built for gaming
- No hybrid P+E core design, so multi-thread performance now lags well behind newer Core H-series chips
- No PCIe 4.0 or Thunderbolt 4 support
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core i7-10870H
General
- Announced
- 2020
- Process
- 14 nm
- Base TDP
- 45 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 8
- Threads
- 16
- Base clock
- 2.2 GHz
- Boost clock
- 5 GHz
- L3 cache
- 16 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel UHD Graphics 630 (24 EU)
- iGPU clock
- 1,200 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR4-2933
- Max memory
- 128 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,685Bottom 15%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 7,713Bottom 23%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,223Bottom 17%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 9,594Bottom 36%
- PassMark
- 13,923Bottom 28%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 410Bottom 16%
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core i7-10870H good in 2026?
The Intel Core i7-10870H earns an Inno Score of 38.8/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. A high-end 8-core Comet Lake-H chip, it anchored late-2020 gaming and mobile workstation laptops. Eight Hyper-Threaded cores boost to 5GHz on a mature 14nm node, trading power efficiency for raw clock speed just before Intel's hybrid-core redesign.
Does the Intel Core i7-10870H count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 13,923 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier C of our CPU tier checker: older or low-power Core i7, and many recent Core i5 chips. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core i7-10870H?
Cores: 8 · Threads: 16 · Boost clock: 5 GHz · Base TDP: 45 W
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core i7-10870H?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen 5 7520U, Intel Core i7-10750H, Intel Core i7-10510U — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
