Intel Core i9-11980HK vs Intel Core Ultra 7 165H

Core i9-11980HK vs Core Ultra 7 165H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 165H 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 Ultra 7 165H has significantly more cores than the Core i9-11980HK. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 165H has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-11980HK. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11980HK. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-11980HK has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 165H.

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.