We are going to conclude our group of articles in which we compare the entry-level Intel Core i5-8300H to other worthy rivals with one last battle between the 8th gen processor and a 7th gen representative – the Intel Core i5-7300HQ.
Specs overview
Starting off with the entry-level Intel Core i5-8300H, which is based on the 8th gen Coffee Lake-H architecture. Manufactured through a 14nm process, the chip offers a total of 4 cores and is able to execute up to 8 threads simultaneously thanks to the Hyper-Threading technology.
What’s more, Intel Core i5-8300H runs at a base frequency of 2.30 GHz and can reach up to 4.00 GHz in Turbo mode. Other essential specs include 8MB of L3 Cache, support for up to 2666 MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory controller with a maximum capacity of 64GB, as well as 45W TDP. In addition, the integrated GPU here is Intel UHD Graphics 630 with a base clock speed of 300MHz and a turbo boost frequency of 1.15 GHz.
Moving on to Intel Core i5-7300HQ, it is part of the 7th Generation Kaby Lake CPUs. Manufactured through a 14nm process, the chip adopts the 4/4 core/thread count and is clocked at 2.5 GHz, while its Turbo Boost frequency is 3.5 GHz. The specs sheet is complemented by 6MB last level cache, as well as a dual-channel memory controller that supports DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133, and DDR3L-1600, as well as a TDP of 45W which includes the iGPU. Speaking of which, the chip integrates an Intel HD Graphics 630 graphics chip clocked at 350 – 1000 MHz.
You can check out the full specs of the Intel Core i5-8300H and the Intel Core i5-7300HQ.
Intel Core i5-8300H – Specs Sheet
| Ranking | – |
|---|---|
| Generation | Coffee Lake-H |
| Base CPU frequency | 2.30 GHz |
| Number of cores | 4 |
| Instructions type | 64 bits |
| TDP | 45 W |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| Base GPU frequency | 300.00 MHz |
| Max. operating temperature | – |
| Memory channels | 2 |
| Released | Q1 2018 |
|---|---|
| Core / Architecture | Coffee Lake-H |
| Max. CPU frequency | 4.00 GHz |
| Logical Cores (Threads) | 8 |
| LL cache | 8192.00 KB |
| Lithography | 14.00 nm |
| Official website | |
| Max. GPU frequency | 1150 MHz |
| Memory Type | DDR4-2666 |
| Max Memory | 64 GB |
| Supported technologies | HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI |
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Intel Core i5-7300HQ – Specs Sheet
Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8300H – Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52
PERFORMANCE : 857.00
Intel Core i5-7300HQ – Acer Aspire 7 A717-71G
PERFORMANCE : 518.00 (-24%)
Intel Core i5-8300H – Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52
PERFORMANCE : 8.80
Intel Core i5-7300HQ – Acer Aspire 7 A717-71G
PERFORMANCE : 12.87 (+2.6%)
Intel Core i5-8300H – Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52
PERFORMANCE : 15661.00
Intel Core i5-7300HQ – Acer Aspire 7 A717-71G
PERFORMANCE : 9858.00 (-10.5%)
For the purposes of this juxtaposition, we have decided to compare the performance of the two chips found in Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52 and Acer Aspire 7 A717-71G respectively. Looking at the charts above, Intel Core i5-8300H shows around 65% better results when it comes to 3D rendering (tested with Cinebench 15). Moreover, the i5 chip is 46% faster in the Adobe Photoshop test. On top of that, Intel Core i5-8300H once again exceeds Intel Core i5-7300HQ with the impressive 59% in our raw synthetic benchmarks (tested with Fritz).
Conclusion
Judging by the fact that Intel Core i5-8300H smashes its opponent in all 3/3 benchmarks with a huge difference in numbers, it would be only fair to announce the 8th gen CPU as the winner in today’s comparison.
(laptopmedia.com, http://bit.ly/2Mdt6Jv)