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Intel Core i7 9750H vs i5 10300H

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Intel Core i7 9750H
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Intel Core i5 10300H
Intel Core i7 9750H
Intel Core i5 10300H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 9750H with 6-cores against the 2.5 GHz i5 10300H with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (2)

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 10300H and 9750H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 9750H
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
Advantages of Intel Core i5 10300H
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Around 4 GB/s (10%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1512 vs 1332 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 9750H
vs
Core i5 10300H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i7 9750H
1332
Core i5 10300H +14%
1512
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 9750H +20%
5548
Core i5 10300H
4633
File compression 440.6 MB/sec 374.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 43 Klines/sec 32.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 122.2 pages/sec 101.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 162.6 Mpixels/sec 136 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 129.2 pages/sec 146.6 pages/sec
Background blur 30.2 images/sec 25.2 images/sec
Photo processing 48.3 images/sec 44.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.4 Mpixels/sec 6.49 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 887 & 693 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 9750H +29%
10579
Core i5 10300H
8177
Integer math 37.6 GOps/sec 26.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 23.2 GOps/sec 17 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 32M Primes/sec 27M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 19.7M Strings/sec 14.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 3.7 GBytes/sec 2.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 148.5 MBytes/sec 115.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 666 Frames/sec 512 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 9.1B Matrices/sec 7.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 14759 & 6248 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 9750H +35%
87.76
Core i5 10300H
64.94

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.5 PPW 5.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 123.3 PPW 103 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 235.1 PPW 181.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.95 PPW 1.44 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 9750H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-19 (ysh)Cinebench 202467 / 423
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-12 (Yus)Geekbench 6 CPU1566 / 6117
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-10 (Yus)Geekbench 6 CPU1475 / 5676
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-15 (Star)Cinebench 202457 / 332
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-03 (skoda)Cinebench 202466 / 338
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Intel Core i5 10300H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-24 (Tracey A.)Geekbench 6 CPU1553 / 5212
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-24 (Tracey A.)Cinebench 202467 / 266
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-27 (iamthaone)Cinebench 202456 / 191
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 9750H and i5 10300H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released April 23, 2019 April 2, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake Comet Lake
Model number i7-9750H i5-10300H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 UHD Graphics 630
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
Successor - Intel Core i7 10750H - Intel Core i5 11300H

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 25x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 32K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 45 W 45 W
Socket BGA-1440 BGA-1440
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1150 MHz 1050 MHz
Shading Units 192 192
TMUs 24 24
ROPs 3 3
Execution Units 24 24
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 9750H
0.4 TFLOPS
Core i5 10300H
0.4 TFLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics 630 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2666
- LPDDR3-2133		 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.8 GB/s 45.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 9750H official page Intel Core i5 10300H official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 10300H or i7 9750H?
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John February 16, 2021 at 12:46 AM
In normal use the i5 is better with higher single core but it's pretty much a draw, video encoding the 6 core is better. For games that are cpu bound like acodyssey or hzd or low spec online games such as cs go, fortnite the 6 core is better. But again normal use you will not notice the difference at all and only in specific games do you get a benefit out of the i7 but not by much since one is 10th gen and the i7 is 9th gen. If the price is the same get the 9750h, if you get at least 10% less in price get the 10300h.
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Jashan March 23, 2021 at 08:51 AM
Really helpful bro .. i m going for the msi gf65
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