Intel Core i7-11850H vs Intel Core i9-9920X

Core i7-11850H vs Core i9-9920X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9920X beats the Core i7-11850H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-11850H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9920X has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-11850H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11850H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-9920X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11850H. Despite this, the Core i7-11850H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11850H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9920X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-11850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.