Core i7-10750H: CPU benchmarks and laptop guide

The Intel Core i7-10750H was the default processor of the 2020 mid-range gaming laptop, a 45-watt Comet Lake-H hexacore that anchored a whole generation of chassis — the catalog matches it to 34 models. It meets the recommended CPU requirement in 49 of the 69 games the catalog tracks. This guide covers where the chip sits among laptop CPUs, what it brings, and which laptops carry it.

Where the Core i7-10750H sits in 2026

A catalog score of 61.3 places the chip 151st of 672 scored laptop CPUs — the upper quarter of the table. The neighborhood is tight and mixed by era: the Core i7-10850H (61.7), Core Ultra 5 235H (61.6) and Ryzen 5 4600H (61.5) just above, and the Ryzen 3 PRO 5475U, Core i7-1185G7 and Ryzen 9 270 (all at 61.1) just below. Sitting level with its direct 2020 rivals — the 10850H and AMD's 4600H — while a newer Meteor Lake part crowds into the same band sums up its position: still capable, no longer ahead.

What the chip brings

Comet Lake-H is a 6-core, 12-thread design on a 14 nm process, rated at 45 W in its H-class configuration: 2.6 GHz base and up to 5.0 GHz boost. Memory support runs to DDR4 dual-channel at 128 GB and 45 GB/s of bandwidth, and the integrated graphics is a basic UHD Graphics part — these chassis were built around discrete GPUs. Public benchmarks: 1,452 single-core and 5,373 multi-core in Geekbench, with a PassMark overall score of 11,455.

Games: CPU-side readiness

Measured purely as a processor, the chip clears the recommended CPU tier for 49 of 69 cataloged games — Counter-Strike 2, Metro Exodus, PUBG: Battlegrounds, Ghost of Tsushima, Black Myth Wukong, Returnal and God of War among them. Another 18 sit at the minimum tier: Cyberpunk 2077, Baldur's Gate 3, Elden Ring, Fortnite, Hogwarts Legacy, Battlefield 5 and Alan Wake 2 all list it above their minimum but below their recommended CPU requirement. Only Starfield and Helldivers 2 ask for more processor than this. These verdicts are CPU-only — actual playability depends on the laptop's GPU and RAM, and on this fleet the discrete-GPU pairings do most of the heavy lifting.

Laptops that carry it

The 34-model roster is 2020–2021 gaming hardware almost end to end: Acer Nitro 5, Predator Helios 300, MSI GF65 Thin, MSI GE76 Raider and HP Omen 15 all cluster at $590, Dell's G5 5500 asks $680, and the XPS 15 9500 covers the crossover role at $576. The workstation side runs through the Precision 7750 at $628. Roster medians describe the fleet honestly: a gaming index of 72 and office comfort of 95, but energy efficiency 68 and mobility 21.5 — big, warm chassis built around discrete graphics rather than portability.

Bottom line

The Core i7-10750H is the value route into a used gaming laptop: 49 of 69 games at recommended CPU tier, a deep pool of $576–$680 chassis, and enough sustained throughput for streaming, compiling and other threaded work. The trade-offs are its era and envelope — 14 nm at 45 W means heat and middling battery life next to modern U-class silicon — so it suits a desk-bound gaming or workstation role more than a lap. Frame-rate buyers should still check the specific laptop's GPU and RAM before anything else.