Intel Core i5-11400T vs Intel Core i7 X 980

Core i5-11400T vs Core i7 X 980 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11400T beats the Core i7 X 980 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 X 980 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7 X 980 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400T. The info from our database shows that the Core i7 X 980 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-11400T

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-11400T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.