Intel Core i7-9800X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 165H

Core i7-9800X vs Core Ultra 7 165H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 165H beats the Core i7-9800X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9800X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 165H has significantly more cores than the Core i7-9800X. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 165H has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-9800X. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9800X. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 165H.

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 i7-9800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.