Intel Core i9-10980HK vs Intel Core i7-13850HX

Core i9-10980HK vs Core i7-13850HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13850HX is faster than the Core i9-10980HK. 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 i7-13850HX has significantly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Core i9-10980HK that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10980HK. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10980HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13850HX. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13850HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10980HK. The Core i7-13850HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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