Intel Core i9-11980HK vs Intel Core i5-13500H

Core i9-11980HK vs Core i5-13500H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-11980HK is faster than the Core i5-13500H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13500H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13500H has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i9-11980HK that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i9-11980HK and Core i5-13500H have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i9-11980HK 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 i9-11980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.