Core i7-11800H vs Core i7 X 990 specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Core i7-11800H beats the Core i7 X 990 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 X 990 in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11800H has slightly more cores than the Core i7 X 990. Indeed, the Core i7-11800H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7 X 990. It also has more threads than the Core i7 X 990. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7 X 990 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11800H.
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 i7-11800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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