Intel Core i9-11980HK vs Intel Core i9-11950H

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6435 points

6449 points

0.22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points

2% slightly better gaming score

8487 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5726 points

5818 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5566 points

5677 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.36 points

34% slightly higher Blender score

153.40 points

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

13387 points

2% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

13113 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

Identical

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

Identical

5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

Identical

45 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

Identical

768 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB

Identical

24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

236th of 1,118

234th of 1,118

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-11980HK vs Core i9-11950H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-11950H is faster than the Core i9-11980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-11980HK has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i9-11980HK and Core i9-11950H have the same clock speed. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.