Intel Core i7-8700T vs Intel Core i9-9980HK

Core i7-8700T vs Core i9-9980HK specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9980HK beats the Core i7-8700T in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-8700T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9980HK has slightly more cores than the Core i7-8700T. Indeed, the Core i9-9980HK has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8700T. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700T. According to our data, the Core i7-8700T and Core i9-9980HK have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i9-9980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9980HK CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-9980HK has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700T. The Core i9-9980HK also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-8700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.