Intel Core i9-11950H vs Intel Core i7-14700T

Core i9-11950H vs Core i7-14700T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700T beats the Core i9-11950H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11950H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700T has significantly more cores than the Core i9-11950H. Indeed, the Core i7-14700T has 20 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-11950H. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11950H. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-11950H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700T. Despite this, the Core i7-14700T has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-11950H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.