Intel Core i5-1035G4 vs i5-9400H – the UHD 630 has fallen but the i5-9400H still has much to offer

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De la: Nikolay Palaozov 13 Ianuarie 2020 / 09:38 0

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.

3D Rendering

Rezultatele sunt de la testul CPU Cinebench 20 (un scor mai mare este mai bun)

Intel Core i5-1035G4 Lenovo Yoga C940 14

Verifică prețul

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GPU Benchmarks

Well, Intel Iris Plus G4 is 95% faster with its 3DMark GPU score than UHD 630. That’s a huge gap.

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-benchmarks

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	–

GTA-V-benchmarks

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.