Intel Core i7-10870H Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i7-10870H has 8 cores with 16 threads and is based on the 10. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1440 socket and was released in Q3/2020.
Intel Core i7-10870H

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i7-10870H. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i7-10870H.

Name: Intel Core i7-10870H
Family: Intel Core i7
CPU group: Intel Core i 10000H
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 10
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-10870H has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-10870H is 2.20 GHz (5.00 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 8 / 16
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 8x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 5.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (8 Cores): 3.10 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-10870H has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-10870H uses the Intel UHD Graphics 630, which has 192 texture shaders and 24 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

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

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.

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

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 45.8 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: DDR4-2933
Max. Memory: 128 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
Bandwidth: 45.8 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 16
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 45 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: 35 W
Tjunction max.: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-10870H is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 16.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1440
L2-Cache: 4.00 MB
L3-Cache: 12.00 MB
Architecture: Comet Lake H
Operating systems: Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date: Q3/2020
Release price: 417 $
Part Number: --
Documents: --

Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-10870H have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


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.

AMD Ryzen 7 4700 AMD Ryzen 7 4700
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
500
AMD Ryzen 7 4700G AMD Ryzen 7 4700G
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
500
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
500
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
499
Intel Core i7-10700F Intel Core i7-10700F
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
499
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
499
Intel Core i7-7820X Intel Core i7-7820X
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
498
Show all Cinebench R20 (Single-Core) results



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 i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
3503
Intel Xeon Gold 5115 Intel Xeon Gold 5115
10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz
3493
Intel Core i9-9880H Intel Core i9-9880H
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
3462
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
3457
Intel Core i5-10505 Intel Core i5-10505
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
3455
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
3448
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G AMD Ryzen 5 4600G
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
3398
Show all Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core) results



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.

AMD A8-3800 AMD A8-3800
AMD Radeon HD 6550D @ 0.60 GHz
480
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
Qualcomm Adreno 530 @ 0.62 GHz
476
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
Qualcomm Adreno 530 @ 0.62 GHz
476
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.20 GHz
461
AMD Ryzen Embedded R2312 AMD Ryzen Embedded R2312
AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics @ 1.20 GHz
461
AMD Ryzen 3 5125C AMD Ryzen 3 5125C
AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics @ 1.20 GHz
461
Intel Core i5-10505 Intel Core i5-10505
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.20 GHz
461
Show all iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS) results



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.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
127
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
127
Intel Core i7-8700K Intel Core i7-8700K
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
126
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
123
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
121
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
119
Intel Core i7-8700B Intel Core i7-8700B
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
118
Show all Blender 3.1 Benchmark results



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 i5-10600K Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
228
Intel Core i5-10600KF Intel Core i5-10600KF
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
228
Intel Core i7-9700 Intel Core i7-9700
8C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
228.8
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
230
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G
6C 12T @ 4.15 GHz
230
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
231
Intel Core i7-8700 Intel Core i7-8700
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
231.5
Show all Blender 2.81 (bmw27) results



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.

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
486
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
485
AMD Ryzen 5 3500 AMD Ryzen 5 3500
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
483
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
482
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
6C 6T @ 3.80 GHz
480
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
475
Intel Core i7-10750H Intel Core i7-10750H
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
474
Show all CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core) results



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 i5-11600 Intel Core i5-11600
6C 12T @ 2.80 GHz
4383
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
8C 16T @ 1.90 GHz
4314
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
4301
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
4299
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
12C 24T @ 2.30 GHz
4281
Intel Core i5-11500 Intel Core i5-11500
6C 12T @ 2.70 GHz
4275
Intel Core i9-9980HK Intel Core i9-9980HK
8C 16T @ 2.40 GHz
4269
Show all CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core) results



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.

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
209
Intel Core i7-9700 Intel Core i7-9700
8C 8T @ 4.70 GHz
209
Intel Core i7-9700F Intel Core i7-9700F
8C 8T @ 4.70 GHz
209
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
208
Intel Core i7-8700K Intel Core i7-8700K
6C 12T @ 4.70 GHz
208
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
207
Intel Xeon E-2288G Intel Xeon E-2288G
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
207
Show all Cinebench R15 (Single-Core) results



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.

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
1532
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
1529
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G AMD Ryzen 5 4600G
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
1524
Intel Core i7-10870H Intel Core i7-10870H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
1522
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
1520
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
1520
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G
6C 12T @ 4.15 GHz
1516
Show all Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core) results



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