Intel Core i5-11600KF vs Intel Core i9-11980HK

Core i5-11600KF vs Core i9-11980HK comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11600KF is faster than the Core i9-11980HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11980HK in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-11980HK has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11600KF. Indeed, the Core i9-11980HK has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11600KF. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11600KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-11980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-11980HK outputs less heat than Core i5-11600KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-11600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.