Intel Core i9-10980HK vs Intel Core i5-12500T

Core i9-10980HK vs Core i5-12500T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12500T performs better than the Core i9-10980HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10980HK in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10980HK has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-12500T has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10980HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12500T. Also, the Core i9-10980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12500T outputs less heat than Core i9-10980HK thanks to a 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 i5-12500T has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10980HK. The Core i5-12500T also has slightly more L3 cache.

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