Intel Core i9-10980HK vs Intel Core i7-7820X

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5234 points

5865 points

12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6654 points

7275 points

9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4782 points

5393 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4670 points

5258 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9027 points

51% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

5958 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.88 points

165.28 points

34% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

3.6 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz

23% slightly higher turbo speed

4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

211% significantly lower TDP

140 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

Identical

512 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

45% significantly more L3 cache

11 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

321st of 1,089

262nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2017 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-10980HK vs Core i7-7820X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10980HK is faster than the Core i7-7820X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7820X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to 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 i7-7820X CPU because of its 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 i9-10980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.