Intel Core i9-10980HK vs AMD Ryzen Z1

Core i9-10980HK vs Ryzen Z1 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10980HK beats the Ryzen Z1 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10980HK has slightly more cores than the Ryzen Z1. Indeed, the Core i9-10980HK has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen Z1. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Z1 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10980HK. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Z1 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10980HK. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-10980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.