Intel Core i7-11700 vs Intel Core i9-13980HX

Core i7-11700 vs Core i9-13980HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-13980HX is faster than the Core i7-11700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11700 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11700 has significantly more cores than the Core i9-13980HX. Indeed, the Core i7-11700 has 8 cores compared to 5 cores found in the Core i9-13980HX. It also has more threads than the Core i9-13980HX. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13980HX. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13980HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-11700. The Core i9-13980HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-11700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.