Intel Core i9-10900K vs Intel Core i9-11980HK

Core i9-10900K vs Core i9-11980HK benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900K beats the Core i9-11980HK in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11980HK in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10900K has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i9-11980HK that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11980HK. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11980HK. Also, the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-11980HK outputs less heat than Core i9-10900K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-10900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.