Intel Core i9-10980HK vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Core i9-10980HK vs Core Ultra 7 256V specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10980HK performs better than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i9-10980HK has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10980HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V. Also, the Core i9-10980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 256V has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-10980HK has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V.

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.