Intel Core i9-11980HK vs Intel Core i5-13450HX

Core i9-11980HK vs Core i5-13450HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-11980HK is faster than the Core i5-13450HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13450HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13450HX has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i9-11980HK has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-11980HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13450HX. Also, the Core i9-11980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-11980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.