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Intel Core i7 9750H vs i7 8650U

32 out of 100
Intel Core i7 9750H
VS
28 out of 100
Intel Core i7 8650U
Intel Core i7 9750H
Intel Core i7 8650U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 9750H with 6-cores against the 1.9 GHz i7 8650U 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

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 8650U and 9750H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 9750H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-2666 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
  • Around 4.3 GB/s (11%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 9750H
vs
Core i7 8650U

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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 9750H +59%
5548
Core i7 8650U
3490
File compression 440.6 MB/sec 304.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 43 Klines/sec 18 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 122.2 pages/sec 87.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 162.6 Mpixels/sec 112.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 129.2 pages/sec 116.4 pages/sec
Background blur 30.2 images/sec 18.6 images/sec
Photo processing 48.3 images/sec 40.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.4 Mpixels/sec 4.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 887 & 1080 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 9750H +14%
2389
Core i7 8650U
2098
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 9750H +71%
10579
Core i7 8650U
6188
Integer math 37.6 GOps/sec 22 GOps/sec
Floating point math 23.2 GOps/sec 13.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 32M Primes/sec 22M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 19.7M Strings/sec 10.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 3.7 GBytes/sec 2.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 148.5 MBytes/sec 78.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 666 Frames/sec 472 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 9.1B Matrices/sec 5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 14759 & 5190 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 9750H +92%
87.76
Core i7 8650U
45.78

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.5 PPW 13.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 123.3 PPW 232.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 235.1 PPW 412.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.95 PPW 3.05 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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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 9750H and i7 8650U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released April 23, 2019 August 21, 2017
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake -
Model number i7-9750H i7-8650U
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 UHD Graphics 620
Successor - Intel Core i7 10750H -

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 1.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 19x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s 4 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 15 W
Socket BGA-1440 BGA-1356
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics 620
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1150 MHz 1150 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 i7 8650U
0.4 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 620 compared to Graphics 630

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2666
- LPDDR3-2133		 - DDR4-2400
- LPDDR3-2133
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.8 GB/s 37.5 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 9750H official page Intel Core i7 8650U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 12

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