Intel Core i9-11980HK vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 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

10% slightly better overall score

5827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points

9364 points

7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5726 points

19% slightly better multitasking score

4788 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5566 points

21% slightly better heavy workload score

4598 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.36 points

63% significantly higher Blender score

126.58 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

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

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

300% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

224th of 1,089

265th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-11980HK vs Core Ultra 7 258V comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 258V performs better than the Core i9-11980HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11980HK in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores 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 258V. Also, the Core i9-11980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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.