Intel Core i7-3930K vs Intel Core i7-8850H

Core i7-3930K vs Core i7-8850H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8850H beats the Core i7-3930K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3930K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-3930K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8850H. Despite this, the Core i7-8850H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8850H outputs less heat than Core i7-3930K thanks to a 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 i7-3930K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.