Intel Core i5-1155G7 vs Intel Core i7 X 980

Core i5-1155G7 vs Core i7 X 980 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7 X 980 beats the Core i5-1155G7 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-1155G7 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7 X 980 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-1155G7. Indeed, the Core i7 X 980 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-1155G7. It also has more threads than the Core i5-1155G7. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7 X 980 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1155G7.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-1155G7 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.