Intel Core i9-10980HK vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135U

Core i9-10980HK vs Core Ultra 5 135U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 135U 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i9-10980HK that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Core i9-10980HK has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10980HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U. Also, the Core i9-10980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-10980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-10980HK has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U.

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.