i7-10870H vs i7-9850HL

Place in the ranking	1223	843
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Power efficiency	18.81	19.07
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake-HR (2019)	Comet Lake-H (2020)
Release date	June 2019 (5 years ago)	17 September 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i7-9850HL and Core i7-10870H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	6 (Hexa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	12	16
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	4.8 GHz
Bus rate	no data	8 GT/s
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	9 MB (shared)	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	149 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	72 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-9850HL and Core i7-10870H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	Intel BGA1440	FCBGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-9850HL and Core i7-10870H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	+	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	+

Security technologies

Core i7-9850HL and Core i7-10870H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-9850HL and Core i7-10870H are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-9850HL and Core i7-10870H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	128 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	45.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics 630	Intel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.2 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-9850HL and Core i7-10870H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
DVI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-9850HL and Core i7-10870H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096 x 2304@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-9850HL and Core i7-10870H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-9850HL and Core i7-10870H.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i7-9850HL 4.97

i7-10870H 9.07
+82.5%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i7-9850HL 7897

i7-10870H 14400
+82.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.97	9.07
Integrated graphics card	3.09	5.58
Physical cores	6	8
Threads	12	16
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	45 Watt

i7-9850HL has 80% lower power consumption.

i7-10870H, on the other hand, has a 82.5% higher aggregate performance score, 80.6% faster integrated GPU, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

The Core i7-10870H is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i7-9850HL in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core i7-9850HL and Core i7-10870H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.