Intel Core i7-10870H vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-10870H CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
Intel Core i7-10870H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-10870H or AMD Ryzen 7 5800H - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i7-10870H has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-10870H was released in Q3/2020.

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800H has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800H was released in Q2/2021.
Intel Core i7 (293) Family AMD Ryzen 7 (63)
Intel Core i 10000H (11) CPU group AMD Ryzen 5000H (11)
10 Generation 4
Comet Lake H Architecture Cezanne (Zen 3)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor AMD Ryzen 7 6800H

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-10870H is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz (5.00 GHz). The AMD Ryzen 7 5800H has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (4.40 GHz).

Intel Core i7-10870H Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8 Cores 8
16 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz Frequency 3.20 GHz
5.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.40 GHz
3.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.80 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i7-10870H Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
1.20 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.75 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation 9
14 nm Technology 7 nm
3 Max. displays 3
24 Compute units 8
192 Shader 512
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-10870H supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800H can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Core i7-10870H Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
DDR4-2933 Memory DDR4-3200
128 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
45.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC No
4.00 MB L2 Cache 4.00 MB
12.00 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 12
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i7-10870H has a TDP of 45 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H is 45 W.

Intel Core i7-10870H Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 80 W
35 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-10870H has a 16.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H cache has a total of 20.00 MB.

Intel Core i7-10870H Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
14 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1440 Socket FP6
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2020 Release date Q2/2021
417 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 6 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 8 CPU benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1228 (86%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1427 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
8814 (72%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
12179 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1264 (87%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1461 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
7451 (89%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
8397 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1565 (89%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1766 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
6822 (87%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
7816 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
499 (89%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
560 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
3457 (68%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
5051 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.20 GHz
461 (26%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.75 GHz
1792 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
123 (67%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
184 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
14788 (69%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
21288 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
482 (87%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
557 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
4299 (83%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
5156 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
208 (89%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
235 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
1522 (70%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
2164 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
87 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
665 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
230 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
12,179 CB R23 MC @ 75 W
162 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i7-10870H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
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Comparison of the two processors

This is a very interesting comparison, because the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X is more of a mid-range CPU from AMD, albeit a potent one, whereas the Intel Core i9-10900K is in the upper range from Intel's CPU program.

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X was launched in the fourth quarter of 2020, while the Intel Core i9-10900K was already released by Intel in the second quarter of 2020.

The 7-nanometer AMD Ryzen 5 5600X has 6 cores, supports hyperthreading and is overclockable. The Intel Core i9-10900K, on ​​the other hand, has a clear advantage in terms of the number of processor cores, because the processor has 10 cores. However, it is still manufactured using the much more inefficient 14 nanometer process.

This means that the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X only needs a low turbo clock to run the single Cora. ​​These two processors are models for use in mobile devices, i.e. laptops / notebooks. This can be seen from the supported sockets BGA 1440 (Intel Core i7-10870H) or FP6 (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H) and the low TDP of only 45 watts for these processor groups (Core i7 and Ryzen 7).

The Intel Core i7-10870H came onto the market in the third quarter of 2020 and is therefore almost nine months older than the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H, which was introduced in the second quarter of 2021. The Intel Core i7-10870H is still manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, whereas the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H is already manufactured using the 7 nanometer process.

The base clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-10870H is 2.20 gigahertz, significantly lower than that of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H, where it is 3.20 gigahertz. For this, the Intel processor can increase its clock rate up to 5.00 gigahertz in turbo mode, whereas the AMD comparison processor already ends at 4.40 gigahertz. Since both processors have 8 cores and each also support Hyper-Threading technology, the decisive factors in the performance comparison are the processor architecture and the clock rates.

Our benchmarks show that the Intel Core i7-10870H did not do well in terms of both single core load and all cores load. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800H is around 10 percent faster in the single-core benchmarks and around 30 percent faster in the multi-core benchmarks.

An internal graphics unit is of course built into the two mobile processors. The Intel UHD Graphics is built into the Intel Core i7-10870H. This iGPU has 24 execution units with 192 shaders and an FP32 computing power of 461 GigaFLOPS. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800H has the AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir) installed, which is significantly faster with 1792 GigaFLOPS. Benchmarks to achieve a 10% better performance. In the multi-core benchmarks, the Intel Core i9-10900K naturally overtakes the AMD processor due to the 4 more cores, but this is also paid for by a significantly higher power consumption. The TDP of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X is 65 watts and that of the Intel Core i9-10900K is almost twice as high at 125 watts.

However, it should not be left unmentioned that the Intel Core i9-10900K has an internal graphics unit, which also plays a role in power consumption.

Both processors have 2 memory channels that can be used to control memory modules of the DDR4 type. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X supports modules with a clock rate of up to 3200 megahertz, the Intel Core i9-10900K only supports modules with up to 2933 megahertz. Both processors agree on the size of the main memory, both support up to 128 gigabytes here. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X still has an advantage, because the AMD processor supports ECC memory that the Intel Core i9-10900K does not.

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