Intel Core i7-11800H vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

Core i7-11800H vs Ryzen 9 9950X3D benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D beats the Core i7-11800H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11800H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-11800H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11800H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11800H.

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.