Intel Core i9-11980HK vs Intel Core i9-14900HX

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel Core i9 (14th gen) 24 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
10999 points
70% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points
11453 points
31% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5726 points
10950 points
91% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5566 points
11076 points
98% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10988 points
12548 points
14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.36 points
340.82 points
65% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
24
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
32
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.8 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed

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
192 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
36 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

224th of 1,089
69th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
Core i9 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i9-11980HK vs Core i9-14900HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-14900HX is faster than the Core i9-11980HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11980HK in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more cores than the Core i9-11980HK. Indeed, the Core i9-14900HX has 24 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-11980HK. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11980HK. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-11980HK has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-14900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-14900HX 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.

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