Intel Core i9-10980HK vs Intel Core i9-13900H

Core i9-10980HK vs Core i9-13900H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10980HK is faster than the Core i9-13900H. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900H has significantly more cores than the Core i9-10980HK. Indeed, the Core i9-13900H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-10980HK. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10980HK. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-13900H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10980HK. Also, the Core i9-13900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13900H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-10980HK. The Core i9-13900H 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.