Intel Core i9-10980HK vs Intel Core i5-11400F

Core i9-10980HK vs Core i5-11400F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11400F beats the Core i9-10980HK in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10980HK in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10980HK has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-11400F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-11400F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-10980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-10980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-10980HK CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-11400F CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-10980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.