Intel Core i7-11800H vs AMD A9-9420e

Core i7-11800H vs A9-9420e comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11800H performs better than the A9-9420e. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A9-9420e in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-11800H has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the A9-9420e that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A9-9420e. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11800H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the A9-9420e.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-11800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.