On the other hand, if you’re after a balanced everyday computer able to handle most tasks well, while running cooler and for a longer time on battery, a configuration based on the i7-8550U or even the i5-8250U will make more sense for you. They aren’t far apart in single-core benchmarks, as both are capable of reaching Turbo Speeds of up to 4.0 GHz, but the 15W CPU (i7-8550U) clocks down fast with continuous multi-core loads, and as a result the 45W (i5-8300H) processor scores much higher in this case. Thus, if you’re looking for performance in applications that put a constant stress on the CPU (video editing, text editing, programming/engineering software, even gaming to some extent), the i5-8300H is the option for you. Some of you might also want to know how the i5-8300H fares against the i7-8550U processor, as I expect the two to power some full-size laptops in the $800-$1000 price range. Compared to the KabyLake i5-7300HQ it’s meant to replace, the i5-8300H is significantly faster across the board. The i7-7700HQ, i5-7300HQ and i7-8550U results are based on the averages from, as they have a larger pool of reviewed units.Īccording to these results, the i5-8300H is 5-10% faster than the i7-7700HQ CPU in most single and multi-core loads, mainly due to its ability to maintain higher Turbo Boost frequencies.
Our two test units worked well and didn’t suffer from throttling or other sorts of performance issues. The i5-8300H results above are based on the two different mainstream laptops (with 16 GB of DDR4-2666 MHz RAM and SATA SSD storage) we’ve tested so far (as of April 3rd 2018) and they can differ from implementation to implementation. The i5-8300H also gets more 元 cache memory (8 vs 6 MB of RAM) and support for faster DDR4 memory.Īll these translate in superior performance in benchmarks, as you’ll see in the next section of this article, as well as in real-life multi-thread loads.
The cores have a slightly lower Base Clock Speed of 2.3 GHz, but can reach higher Turbo frequencies and were able to stably run at 3.8-3.9 GHz in benchmarks that put a 100% load on the CPU on our test units (can differ on each implementation). Compared to the i5-7300HQ, the Coffee Lake mainstream i5 gets HyperThreading and thus twice the amount of working threads.