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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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.36 points
34% slightly higher Blender score
153.40 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

13387 points
2% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
13113 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

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

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

224th of 1,089
223rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
11th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2021 May

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

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

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-11980HK is faster than the Core i9-11950H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11950H in all gaming tests too.

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.

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