Intel Core i7-8850H vs Intel Core i7-9800X

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3693 points
6761 points
83% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5381 points
8246 points
53% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3183 points
6264 points
96% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3075 points
6133 points
99% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

84.41 points
163.68 points
93% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4703 points
7128 points
51% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1291 points
1345 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4710 points
7552 points
60% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1344 points
1400 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.8 GHz
46% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.4 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
266% significantly lower TDP
165 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
44
175% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
139% significantly more L3 cache
5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

466th of 1,092
207th of 1,092

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2018 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-8850H vs Core i7-9800X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9800X is faster than the Core i7-8850H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8850H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9800X has slightly more cores than the Core i7-8850H. Indeed, the Core i7-9800X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8850H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8850H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8850H. Also, the Core i7-9800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8850H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9800X 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 i7-8850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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