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日本Intel Core i5-1035G4 vs i5-9400H – the UHD 630 has fallen but the i5-9400H still has much to offer
The Intel Ice lake CPUs are on a charge right now – great 10nm CPUs with good efficiency, a decent amount of computing power, very good Iris iGPUs, and they dissipate much less heat. The older monsters – the Coffee Lake CPUs are still here and they still have much to offer. That’s why we picked the sweet spot of the CPUs – two Core i5s. The Core i5-1035G4 will meet the i5-9400H – Ice Lake vs Coffee Lake.
It will be an interesting fight so stay tuned.
Quick Specs
The bulk prices of the two CPUs aren’t very close – $309.00 for the Core i5-1035G4 and $250 for i5-9400H. This is exactly +24% difference – the new one is more expensive, let’s see if it’s worth it.
The i5-1035G4 is a standard Ice Lake CPU with 4 cores and 8 threads, the same goes for the Coffee Lake one too. The i5-9400H looks like a very beefy i5 processor and has some i7-like specs – just look at our table. The i5-1035G4 has much lower base and boost frequencies (1.10 GHz – 3.70 GHz vs 2.50 GHz – 4.30 GHz), smaller cache size (6MB to 8MB), and much lower TDP levels. The Ice Lake CPU has the lead with its memory supported frequencies – DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-3733 to DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133. Hm, the Coffee Lake CPU looks like an i5 on steroids – very high frequencies, higher TDP, more cache. This will be a hell of a battle.
Specs table:
| Intel Core i5-1035G4 | Intel Core i5-9400H | |
|---|---|---|
| Cores / Threads | 4 / 8 | 4 / 8 |
| Base / Max frequency | 1.10 – 3.70 GHz | 2.50 – 4.30 GHz |
| Cache | 6 MB Intel Smart Cache | 8 MB Intel Smart Cache |
| TDP / up / down | 15W / 25W / 12W | 45W / – / 35W |
| Memory support | DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-3733 | DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133 |
You can find the detailed specs sheets here: Core i5-1035G4 / Core i5-9400H.
CPU Benchmarks
The power of i5-9400H is clearly visible – a 25% better score than the Ice lake CPU.
I risultati provengono dal test CPU Cinebench 20 (più alto è il punteggio, meglio è)
I risultati provengono dal nostro test di Photoshop (più basso è il punteggio, meglio è)
GPU Benchmarks
Well, Intel Iris Plus G4 is 95% faster with its 3DMark GPU score than UHD 630. That’s a huge gap.
I risultati provengono dal benchmark 3DMark: Fire Strike (Grafica) (più alto è il punteggio, meglio è)
I risultati provengono dal benchmark Unigine Superposition (più alto è il punteggio, migliore è il risultato)
Gaming tests
In our gaming tests, the Intel Iris Plus G4 just crushed the UHD 630 badly. Nothing more to say – look at the tables below. You can play CS:GO and GTA V on Low settings with over 60 FPS / 45 FPS with the Iris GPU while UHD 630 will struggle a lot in those two games.
| CS:GO | HD 1080p, Low (Check settings) | HD 1080p, Medium (Check settings) | HD 1080p, MAX (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 | 69 fps (+60%) | 37 fps (+48%) | 22 fps |
| Intel UHD 630 | 43 fps | 25 fps | – |
| DOTA 2 | HD 1080p, Low (Check settings) | HD 1080p, Normal (Check settings) | HD 1080p, High (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 | 97 fps (+39%) | 46 fps (+39%) | 28 fps |
| Intel UHD 630 | 70 fps | 31 fps | – |
| Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5) | HD 768p, Normal (Check settings) | HD 768p, High (Check settings) | HD 768p, Very High (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 | 45 fps (+51%) | 22 fps | – fps |
| Intel UHD 630 | 29 fps | – fps | – fps |
Verdict
What an intense battle it was. Both CPUs are good and have their own “playing yards”. The i5-1035G4 is a modern “dandy” CPU with better efficiency, lower consumption, 10nm tech process, and a super iGPU. On the other hand, i5-9400H is a brutal old-school CPU formula – sky-high frequencies, huge TDP, and more cache – and its power can’t be denied especially when the bulk price is 19% lower than the Ice Lake one.
The price and the specific needs of the user will be crucial when picking a laptop with either of those two. If you need more CPU power for image and video editing, or maybe compressing big amounts of data regularly – the i5-9400H is the logical choice, 25% faster and 24% cheaper. Or if you just want more power and don’t care much about graphics performance the Coffee Lake CPU is the right one to choose.
The Core i5-1035G4 is the better CPU when it comes to iGPU power – sorry UHD 630 but the Intel Iris G4 is 94% faster than you! The UHD 630 was the top iGPU and now a mid-range one is almost two times faster – that’s what we call progress. If you want to play light games, the Core i5-1035G4 will do the job much better and it will dissipate less heat and you can buy a device with it that is much more compact and thinner than the notebooks configured with i5-9400H. Still, the power of the Ice lake CPU is decent and you will have a snappy laptop. One more thing – don’t forget that you can find the i5-1035G4 in much smaller and compact devices because it dissipates less heat and has lower TDP compared to i5-9400H.
Decisions, decisions.
