Intel Core i7-11800H vs Intel Core i9-9940X

Core i7-11800H vs Core i9-9940X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-9940X performs better than the Core i7-11800H. Despite this, the Core i7-11800H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9940X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-11800H. Indeed, the Core i9-9940X has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-11800H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11800H. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9940X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11800H. Despite this, the Core i7-11800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11800H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9940X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-11800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.