Intel Core i9-11980HK vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Core i9-11980HK vs Core Ultra 7 256V comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-11980HK beats the Core Ultra 7 256V in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i9-11980HK has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-11980HK has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Also, the Core i9-11980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-11980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.