Intel Core i7-4980HQ vs Intel CoreT i5-1340P

Core i7-4980HQ vs CoreT i5-1340P benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4980HQ is faster than the CoreT i5-1340P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the CoreT i5-1340P in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the CoreT i5-1340P has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-4980HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4980HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4980HQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the CoreT i5-1340P.

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 i7-4980HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.